allusionistn.adj.

Brit.

/əˈl(j)uːʒn̩ɪst/,

/əˈl(j)uːʒənɪst/, U.S.

/əˈluʒənəst/,

/æˈluʒənəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: allusion n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < allusion n. + -ist suffix. Compare French allusionniste (1882 or earlier as noun (originally in the compound ex-allusionniste ‘former allusionist’), 1886 or earlier as adjective).

A. n.

A person who uses allusion, esp. habitually.

ΚΠ

1850 T. Mulock Western Highlands & Islands Scotl. 184 The reader..is in a perpetual puzzle, wondering what the allusionist [sc. Thomas Carlyle] would be at!

1903 Daily Chron. 19 Dec. 5/1 It is at this season of the year that a calling only very little known in London nowadays goes strongest in the provinces—that of the pantomime ‘allusionist’.

1998 N. Carroll Interpreting Moving Image xix. 253 Scorsese is an addicted allusionist, as his asides through clips of The Searchers and..Mean Streets attest.

2009 W. Gyselinck & K. Demoen in K. Demoen & D. Praet Theios Sophistes 115 The narrator is not the only ‘allusionist’, his characters are constantly referring to Greek literature as well.

B. adj. (attributive).

Making use of or involving allusion.

ΚΠ

1866 Spectator 3 Mar. 239/2 Mr. Olympus—a heavy, classical-allusionist gentleman of ponderous jocosity.]

1874 Trans. New Shakspere Soc. 1 391 It is an ' allusionist ' play that merits the most attentive study of the New Shakspere Society.

1984 Dance Theatre Jrnl. Feb. 18/1 Other practitioners in this allusionist vein include Gail Conrad.

2006 K. L. Morrison Marx, Durkheim, Weber 222 An allusionist videotape made of the initiate [sc. a suicide bomber],..where the ‘felt joy of sacrifice’ and the glorious moment are portrayed with military-religious allusions.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allusionist
释义	allusionistn.adj. Brit. /əˈl(j)uːʒn̩ɪst/, /əˈl(j)uːʒənɪst/, U.S. /əˈluʒənəst/, /æˈluʒənəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: allusion n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < allusion n. + -ist suffix. Compare French allusionniste (1882 or earlier as noun (originally in the compound ex-allusionniste ‘former allusionist’), 1886 or earlier as adjective). A. n. A person who uses allusion, esp. habitually. ΚΠ 1850 T. Mulock Western Highlands & Islands Scotl. 184 The reader..is in a perpetual puzzle, wondering what the allusionist [sc. Thomas Carlyle] would be at! 1903 Daily Chron. 19 Dec. 5/1 It is at this season of the year that a calling only very little known in London nowadays goes strongest in the provinces—that of the pantomime ‘allusionist’. 1998 N. Carroll Interpreting Moving Image xix. 253 Scorsese is an addicted allusionist, as his asides through clips of The Searchers and..Mean Streets attest. 2009 W. Gyselinck & K. Demoen in K. Demoen & D. Praet Theios Sophistes 115 The narrator is not the only ‘allusionist’, his characters are constantly referring to Greek literature as well. B. adj. (attributive). Making use of or involving allusion. ΚΠ 1866 Spectator 3 Mar. 239/2 Mr. Olympus—a heavy, classical-allusionist gentleman of ponderous jocosity.] 1874 Trans. New Shakspere Soc. 1 391 It is an ' allusionist ' play that merits the most attentive study of the New Shakspere Society. 1984 Dance Theatre Jrnl. Feb. 18/1 Other practitioners in this allusionist vein include Gail Conrad. 2006 K. L. Morrison Marx, Durkheim, Weber 222 An allusionist videotape made of the initiate [sc. a suicide bomber],..where the ‘felt joy of sacrifice’ and the glorious moment are portrayed with military-religious allusions. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1850
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