Etymology

allude

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Today it means: To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention. Full definition →

Middle French alluder ← Latin alludere
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  1. Latin · derived fromalludere“to play with or allude”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromalluder
  3. English todayallude

From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”). See also al-.

Words from the same roots

Latinalludere all →

allusive

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