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glossary

[ glos-uh-ree, glaw-suh- ]

noun

, plural glos·sa·ries.
  1. a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
  2. such a list at the back of a book, explaining or defining difficult or unusual words and expressions used in the text.


glossary

/ ɡlɒˈsɛərɪəl; ˈɡlɒsərɪ /

noun

  1. an alphabetical list of terms peculiar to a field of knowledge with definitions or explanations Sometimes calledgloss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • glossarial, adjective
  • glosˈsarially, adverb
  • ˈglossarist, noun
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Other Words From

  • glos·sar·i·al [glo-, sair, -ee-, uh, l, glaw-], adjective
  • glos·sari·al·ly adverb
  • glossa·rist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glossary1

1350–1400; Middle English glossarye < Latin glōssarium difficult word requiring explanation < Greek glōssárion, diminutive of glôssa tongue, language; later taken as a collection of such words, by construing suffix as Latin -ārium -ary; gloss 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glossary1

C14: from Late Latin glossārium; see gloss ²
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Example Sentences

A glossary of what all those strange phrases in classic Christmas songs really mean.

The nine-page glossary in the back of the book is helpful, but only up to a point.

The downside is that you may read in a perpetual state of glossary-checking and Goodreads-searching.

The essential glossary here: “Molly” is a slang word for MDMA, a drug often used for date rape; “that” is the date raping.

Plus, read an account of an escape from Scientology's Sea Org and a Scientology glossary.

He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.

It has a complete glossary of terms, and is illustrated with two hundred original drawings.

Except for yogh, h-stroke and paired , unusual letters appear only in the editorial material (introduction, notes and glossary).

The preceding examples give most of the more important weak verbs; others can be found in the Glossary.

Also, of the pronoun me; as in d m'endyte, G 32; see M' in the Glossary, p. 157.

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