Crossword clues for allusiveness
allusiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allusiveness
Allusiveness \Al*lu"sive*ness\, n. The quality of being allusive.
Wiktionary
allusiveness
n. The quality of being allusive.
WordNet
allusiveness
n. a quality characterized by indirect reference
Usage examples of "allusiveness".
In the dinner-table scene where Van and Ada talk of translation, the two youngsters are not yet lovers, but their highly ornate allusiveness in referring to Rimbaud and Marvell rudely excludes Marina from the conversation.