indirect+allusion
21allusion — [ə lu:ʒ(ə)n, lju: ] noun an indirect or implicit reference. ↘the practice of making allusions. Origin C16: from Fr., or from late L. allusio(n ), from alludere (see allude) …
22allusion — n. Reference, hint, intimation, suggestion, insinuation, implication, indirect mention, innuendo …
23allusion — [əˈluːʒ(ə)n] noun [C/U] a statement that refers to something in an indirect way …
24allusion — a direct or indirect reference through an image or through dialogue to the Bible, a classic, a person, a place, an external and/or real life event, another film, or a well known cultural idea Example: In Red River (1948), Montgomery Clift (as …
25innuendo — in·nu·en·do /ˌi nyü wen dō/ n: a parenthetical explanation of the text of a legal document; esp: an explanation in a complaint for defamation of the defamatory meaning of a statement by the defendant which is not defamatory on its face compare… …
26insinuation — I noun allusion, aspersion, clue, hint, implication, indirect allusion, indirect comment, indirect implication, inference, innuendo, intimation, oblique hint, reference, significatio, suggestion, veiled observation, veiled remark II index… …
27eclipse — eclipser, n. /i klips /, n., v., eclipsed, eclipsing. n. 1. Astron. a. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention …
28Domitius Marsus — was a Latin poet, friend of Virgil and Tibullus, and contemporary of Horace. He survived Tibullus (d. 19 BC), but was no longer alive when Ovid wrote (c. AD 12) the epistle from Pontus (E Ponto, iv. 16) containing a list of poets. He was the… …
29innuendo — n. Insinuation, remote intimation, indirect allusion, oblique hint, sly suggestion …
30allusive — allusion ► NOUN ▪ an indirect reference to something. DERIVATIVES allusive adjective allusively adverb allusiveness noun …
