əˈlüd sometimes əlˈyüd or aˈ- or alˈ- intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin alludere to play with, jest, refer to, from ad- + ludere to play — more at ludicrous
: to have or make indirect reference (as in passing or by suggestion) : refer indirectly — used with to
proposals … always alluded to slightingly as innovations — Compton Mackenzie
though any reference to his deformity annoyed him, there were times when she felt obliged to allude to it — Ellen Glasgow
a letter alluding to some unspecified family difficulties