glossedadj.1
/ɡlɒst/ Furnished with glosses.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [adjective] > furnished with comments or notes
glozed1393
glossed1605
annoted1776
annotated1786
footnoted1894
commented1963
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 15 The antientist that I can finde, was..found in an antient Saxon, glossed Evangelists.
1628 J. Jackson Ecclesiastes (title page) Glossed and scholied.
1845 J. T. Graves Rom. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 779/1 The old glossed editions consist of five volumes.
1886 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. xiii. 308 The Constitutions of Othobon, with those of Otho, were the first codified and glossed portions of the national church law.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
glossedadj.2
/ɡlɒst/ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > made reflective or lustrous
ybrent1297
yburnuschtc1330
polisheda1382
burnishedc1400
well-polished1485
glazed1530
slicked1594
glossed1602
nut-brown1609
well-glossed?1611
perpolished1616
varnished1642
reflectorized1932
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > by size, shape, etc.
steepc1000
standing1340
glazenc1380
glassy1412
ungladlyc1450
sparklinga1500
goggle1540
pinking1566
whally1590
vailed1591
unweeping1598
dejected1600
unwet1601
glossed1602
haggard1605
saucer-like1612
saucer1618
glaring1622
uncast1629
startling1648
poppinga1696
upraised1707
glancy1733
glazed1735
almond1786
open-eyed1799
bald1807
glazing1808
lustreless1810
unfathomable1817
vague1820
soulless1824
beady1826
socketless1833
fishy1836
glazy1838
popped1849
agoggled1860
uprolled1864
unfaceted1893
shoe-button1895
poppy1899
googly1901
slitty1908
bead-berry1923
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. ii. sig. C4v Poore Maria must appeare vngrac't Of the bright fulgor of gloss'd maiestie.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. v. sig. Cv Lies thy cold father dead, his glossed eyes New closed vp by thy sad mothers hands?
b. Of immaterial things: Wearing an outside show, made to look specious.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adjective]
fairOE
seeming1340
feignedc1374
colourablea1400
whitea1413
coloured?c1425
satiablec1487
provable1588
specious1611
well-seeminga1616
superficial1616
meretricious1633
glosseda1640
probable1639
spurious1646
fucatious1654
ostensible1762
well-looking1811
semblant1840
a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) ii. ii. 191 My truth thowgh yet conceald, the mountaines of thy glossed fictions in her strength remou'd shall in a glorious shape appeare.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. Pref. sig. C3v Their profoundest Speculations herein, [are] but gloss'd outside Fallacies.
1853 Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 127 1185 The House must be very cautious not to adopt the glossed and burnished statement of the right hon. Gentleman.
1892 S. Baring-Gould Trag. Cæsars I. 276 He began his complaints in words of glossed resentment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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