alluding
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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allude (əˈluːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (foll by to) | |
| 1. | to refer indirectly, briefly, or implicitly |
| 2. | (loosely) to mention |
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Word Origin & History
allude
1530s, from M.Fr. alluder, from L. alludere "to joke, jest," from ad- "to" and ludere "to play" (see ludicrous). Originally "mock," later, "make a fanciful reference to."
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Example sentences
Numerous entries may be found concerning various motions without alluding to the original charge.
But he is less forthcoming regarding the pump price of hydrogen, alluding to the many factors that determine costs.
Also the sheep-hook is a noble metaphor, alluding to the mixture of straight and crooked in the ways of nature.
And the threats that you were alluding to earlier aren't really go to war threats.
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