allusive

adj

Etymology: From Latin allūs-, past participle stem of allūdere (“to joke, jest”; see allude) + -ive. See also al-.

1. that contains or makes use of allusions (indirect references or hints)

   “English poetry is compelled by the stubbornness of the language continually to renounce the too obviously poetic: but in seeking to be more precise, more dense and more allusive, Russian poetry has never had to give up the straightforward traditional intoxications of sound and rhyme.”

   “The footnotes ensure that the lines become more allusive and more polysemantic, vacillating between transubstantiation and ghostly intimations.”