allusive

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(formal) containing allusions: an allusive style of writing

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

allusiveEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus allusiveEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

Nearby in the dictionary

all right all-round all-rounder all singing , all dancing allspice all-star all-terrain vehicle all-time allude allure alluring

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