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gloss
I. \ˈgläs, -ȯ-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic glossi flame, spark, glossa to glow, flame, Norwegian dialect glose to glow; akin to Middle High German glosen to glow, Old English geolu yellow — more at yellow
1. : a superficial soft glowing luster or glistening brightness : a smooth soft surface shininess
< the gloss of satin >
< the yellowish gloss of old ivory — Willard Robertson >
: sleekness
< brushed the dog's coat to a beautiful gloss >
2.
a. [probably influenced in meaning by gloss (III) and gloze (I) ] : something (as a motive alleged) designed to veil or hide what would otherwise be objected to : plausible pretext : show, pretense, semblance, dodge, excuse
< giving national aggrandizement the gloss of moral sanction >
b. : a deceptively attractive external appearance
< selfishness that had a gloss of humanitarianism about it >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
1.
a. : to give a deceptively attractive external appearance to : whitewash : make appear right or acceptable (as by minimizing or playing down obviously objectionable features) — usually used with over
< endeavored to gloss the matter over — Dorothy Sayers >
< no attempt is made to gloss over discreditable behavior — Philip Friedman >
b. : to veil or hide (something that would otherwise be objected to or prove a source of difficulty) by some plausible pretext, subterfuge, pretense, or excuse — usually used with over
< not wish to gloss over the fragmentary state of our present knowledge — A.S.Eddington >
< a tendency to gloss over inadequacies in the data with generalizations — R.M.Adams >
2. : to give a soft glowing luster or glistening brightness to : make glossy
< the tarred road was glossed by the noonday sun >
< feathers that were glossed by much preening >
Synonyms: see palliate
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin glossa) of gloze, from Middle English glose, from Old French, from Medieval Latin glosa, alteration of Latin glossa difficult word requiring explanation, from Greek glōssa difficult word requiring explanation, language, tongue; akin to Greek glōchin-, glōchis projecting point and perhaps to Old Slavic glogŭ thorn
1.
a.
(1) : a brief explanation or a translation or definition (as one appearing in the margin or between the lines of a text or in a wordbook based on the text) of a textual word or expression felt to be difficult or obscure
(2) : an expanded interpretation of or commentary on a textual word or expression
(3) : a usually willfully misleading or otherwise false explanation or interpretation of or commentary on a textual word or expression : an interpretation marked by usually conscious sophistry
b.
(1) : glossary
(2) : a continuous interlinear translation
(3) : a continuous explanation or commentary accompanying a text; specifically : a commentary (as made at Bologna from the 12th century to the 14th century) on the texts of Roman or Civil law
2. : a poetical composition consisting of an amplification of a stanza of a poem into several stanzas so that each of the new stanzas ends with a line or couplet of the text stanza
IV. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
intransitive verb
1. : to make glosses : introduce or furnish glosses
< spent much time in reading and glossing >
2. archaic : to make usually unfavorable remarks : comment adversely
transitive verb
1. : to make glosses on : introduce glosses into : furnish glosses for
< medieval scholars, when they found in a Latin text a word not familiar to them, were accustomed to gloss it — J.W.Krutch >
2. : to make a false or perverse interpretation of; specifically : to dispose of or reduce to nothing (as a difficult problem) by false or perverse interpretation
< trying to gloss away the irrationalities of the universe — Irwin Edman >
V. abbreviation
glossary
VI. noun
1. : a cosmetic preparation for adding shine and usually color to the lips
2. : bright often superficial attractiveness
< show-biz gloss > |