gloss¹ /glos/

1. Brightness or lustre, as from a polished surface
2. External show
3. Superficial appearance

1. To make glossy
2. To give a superficial lustre to
3. To render plausible
4. To attempt to disguise by treating superficially

glossˈer noun

glossˈily adverb

glossˈiness noun

glossˈy adjective

1. Smooth and shining
2. Highly polished
3. Superficially attractive

A glossy magazine

gloss paint noun

Paint containing varnish, giving a hard, shiny finish

glossy magazine noun

A magazine of an expensive, luxury type, printed on glossy paper, with many colour photographs, illustrations and advertisements

glossy starling noun

Any of various African starlings of the Lamprotornis genus of the family Sturnidae, having dark glossy plumage

gloss over

To explain away, render more acceptable

gloss² /glos/

1. An explanation given in a margin or between lines, eg of an obscure or unusual word
2. A deceptive or intentionally misleading explanation
3. A collection of explanations of words, a glossary

1. To give a gloss on
2. To explain away

To comment or make explanatory remarks

glossāˈtor or glossˈer noun

A writer of glosses or comments, a commentator

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