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Allusive

//əˈluː.sɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)

    "English poetry is compelled by the stubbornness of the language continually to renounce the too obviously poetic: but in seeking to be more precise, more dense and more allusive, Russian poetry has never had to give up the straightforward traditional intoxications of sound and rhyme."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by indirect references wordnet

Etymology

From Latin allūs-, past participle stem of allūdere (“to joke, jest”; see allude) + -ive.

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