Associations to the word «Allusion»
Noun
- Quotation
- Pun
- Allegory
- Metaphor
- Ovid
- Proverb
- Shakespeare
- Imagery
- Symbolism
- Stanza
- Iliad
- Satire
- Epistle
- Sonnet
- Ode
- Fable
- Sarcasm
- Hearer
- Keats
- Anecdote
- Poem
- Irony
- Hint
- Rabbinic
- Wordsworth
- Inference
- Isaiah
- Connexion
- Mythology
- Testament
- Prose
- Scripture
- Epic
- Peculiarity
- Dante
- Epithet
- Verse
- Joyce
- Osiris
- Narrative
- Phrase
- Virgil
- Fragmentary
- Chaucer
- Reader
- Parallel
- Macbeth
- Herodotus
- Homer
- Remark
- Parody
- Eliot
- Humour
- Quote
- Dryden
- Motif
Adjective
Wiktionary
ALLUSION, noun. An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.
Dictionary definition
ALLUSION, noun. Passing reference or indirect mention.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.