# allude

Pronunciation: say "uh-LOOD" US /əˈlud/, AUS /əˈlʉːd/; UK say "uh-LYOOD" /əˈljuːd/

## Verb

1. To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion, calling it to mind through implication rather than naming it outright.
   - Simple: To talk about something in a hidden way, without saying it directly.
   - _In his speech, the senator alluded to recent scandals without naming anyone involved._
   - _Her later poems allude to the war only through images of empty rooms and unopened letters._

## Origin

From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere ("to play with, to allude"), formed from ad + ludere ("to play").

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