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allusion
English
Etymology
From Latin all?si?nem, accusative singular of all?si? (“the act of playing with”), from all?d? (“play with; allude”), from al-, combining form of ad (“to”), + l?d? (“play”): compare French allusion.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??lu.??n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
allusion (countable and uncountable, plural allusions)
- An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned
- 2014, Kathleen Kuiper [editor], Classical Authors: 500 BCE to 1100 CE
- The influence of Lucretius on Virgil was pervasive, especially in Virgil's Georgics; and it is in clear allusion to Lucretius that Virgil wrote, “Happy is the man who can read the causes of things.”
- 1835, Joseph Smith, Jr., Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate
- We draw the conclusion then, that the very reason why the multitude, or the world, as they were designated by the Savior, did not receive an explanation upon his parables, was, because of unbelief. To you, he says, (speaking to his disciples) it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: and why? because of the faith and confidence which they had in him. This parable was spoken to demonstrate the effects that are produced by the preaching of the word; and we believe that it has an allusion directly, to the commencement, or the setting up of the kingdom in that age […]
- 2014, Kathleen Kuiper [editor], Classical Authors: 500 BCE to 1100 CE
Translations
Related terms
- allude
French
Etymology
From Latin all?si?nem, accusative singular of all?si? (“the act of playing with”), from all?d? (“allude”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ly.zj??/
Noun
allusion f (plural allusions)
- allusion, innuendo
- En parlant ainsi, il faisait allusion aux mœurs de son temps.
- In speaking thus, he was alluding [literally making allusion] to the mores of his time.
- En parlant ainsi, il faisait allusion aux mœurs de son temps.
Further reading
- “allusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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alliteration
English
Etymology
From New Latin all?ter?ti?, from all?ter?tus, from all?ter?, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and l?tera (“a letter”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??l?t???e???n/, [??l?????e???n]
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
alliteration (countable and uncountable, plural alliterations)
- The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
- The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
Related terms
- alliterational
- alliterative
- alliteratively
- alliterativeness
Translations
See also
- assonance
Further reading
- alliteration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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