"Allusory" is a word in ENGLISH
Allusive.
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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Why was the cowboy a lot of laughs?He was always horsing around.
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Read the complete definitionTo compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
Read the complete definitionA reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
Read the complete definitionA figurative or symbolical reference.
Read the complete definitionFigurative; symbolical.
Read the complete definitionHaving reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
Read the complete definitionFiguratively [Obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.
Read the complete definitionThe quality of being allusive.
Read the complete definitionOne who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.
Read the complete definitionA paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's …
Read the complete definitionbanting v {2} [A; c] weigh s. o. down with an onerous task, impositions. Lima ka klási ang gibanting sa …
Read the complete definitionbaryu n {1} barrio, the smallest territorial unit of government. {2} the country as opposed to the city or town. …
Read the complete definitionA dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; -- now commonly with allusion to the …
Read the complete definitionA valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion …
Read the complete definitionTo act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.
Read the complete definitionThe male wild turkey, the gobbler; -- so called in allusion to its notes.
Read the complete definitionA name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of …
Read the complete definitionA boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.
Read the complete definitionCyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.
Read the complete definitionA speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of …
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