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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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inkling
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /???kl??/
- Hyphenation: inkl?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English ningkiling, nyngkiling (“hint, slight indication; mention, whisper”), and then either:
- possibly a variant of nikking, nyckyng (“hint, slight indication; mention, whisper”), possibly from nikken (“to mark (a text) for correction (?)”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming gerunds from verbs); or
- from inklen (“to mention (in a low voice); to tell (the truth)”) [and other forms] + -ing, -inge; inklen may be derived from inca, inke (“dread, fear; doubt; danger, risk (?)”), from Old English inca (“doubt, uncertainty; suspicion; fear; cause for complaint, grievance, grudge, ill-will, offence; quarrel; occasion, opportunity”), from Proto-Germanic *inkô (“ache; grief; regret”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eng-, *yen?- (“illness”). The English word would then be analysable as inkle +? -ing.
Sense 3 (“desire, inclination”) may have been influenced by incline (“to tend to believe or do something”) or French enclin (“inclined, prone”).
Noun
inkling (plural inklings)
- Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.
- Synonym: intimation
- Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
- (Britain, dialectal) A desire, an inclination.
Translations
Etymology 2
From inkle +? -ing.
Verb
inkling
- present participle of inkle
References
Anagrams
- kilning, klining, linking
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