Gloss

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English

Noun

Gloss (countable and uncountable; plural Glosses)
  1. (uncountable) A surface shine or luster/lustre
  2. (uncountable, figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance

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Verb

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
  3. (intransitive) To become shiny.

Synonyms

  • (give a gloss or sheen to): polish, shine
  • (make (something) attractive by deception):
  • (become shiny):

Noun

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

Related terms

Verb

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

Adjectives for Gloss

opaque; ultimate; faultless; brilliant; shining; raven; stimulating; firm.

Thesaurus

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Icelandic glossi (“a blaze”).

Etymology 2

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

Translations

Noun

surface shine
superficially or deceptively attractive appearance

Verb

give a gloss or sheen to
make (something) attractive by deception
become shiny

Noun

brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression
glossary
extensive commentary on some text
deliberately misleading explanation

Verb

to add a gloss to (a text)
to give a deliberately false interpretation of

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