allude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To refer to something indirectly instead of mentioning it openly.

   She alluded to her past without giving any details.

Simplified etymology

Allude entered English in the late Middle English period from Latin alludere “play with,” formed from ad- “towards” and ludere “play.”

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

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