gloss

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Icelandic glossi (“a blaze”).

Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia gloss (countable and uncountable; plural glosses)

  1. (uncountable) A surface shine or luster/lustre
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance
Synonyms [edit]
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Translations [edit]
surface shine
superficially or deceptively attractive appearance

Verb [edit]

gloss (third-person singular simple present glosses, present participle glossing, simple past and past participle glossed)

  1. (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
  2. (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
    • Philips
      You have the art to gloss the foulest cause.
  3. (intransitive) To become shiny.
Synonyms [edit]
  • (give a gloss or sheen to): polish, shine
  • (make (something) attractive by deception):
  • (become shiny):
Translations [edit]
give a gloss or sheen to
make (something) attractive by deception
become shiny

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Late Latin glossa (“an obsolete or foreign difficult word requiring explanation, later applied to explanation itself”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glōssa, “tongue, language, an obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation”).

Noun [edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia gloss (plural glosses)

  1. (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression, usually inserted in the margin or between lines of a text.
  2. (countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.
  3. (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
  4. (countable) A deliberately misleading explanation.
  5. (countable) A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
  6. (countable) (law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law
    • 2007 Bruce R. Hopkins. The law of tax-exempt organizations. p. 76
      Judicial Gloss on Test [section title]
    • 1979 American Bar Foundation. Annotated code of professional responsibility. p. ix
      This volume is thus not a narrowly defined treatment of the Code of Professional Responsibility but rather represents a "common law" gloss on it.
Synonyms [edit]
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Translations [edit]
brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression
glossary
extensive commentary on some text
deliberately misleading explanation

Verb [edit]

gloss (third-person singular simple present glosses, present participle glossing, simple past and past participle glossed)

  1. (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
  2. (transitive) To give a deliberately false interpretation of.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to add a gloss to (a text)
to give a deliberately false interpretation of

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