glossary

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; cf. gloss²

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glos·sar·i·al

[glo-sair-ee-uhl, glaw-], /glɒˈsɛər i əl, glɔ-/, adjectiveglos·sar·i·al·ly, adverbglos·sa·rist, noun

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Glos, gloss, glossa, glossal, glossalgia, glossary, glossator, glossectomy, glossematics, glosseme, glosser

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Bustle parent company BDG’s Inclusivity Guide, created by the company’s Inclusion Council, goes over how to promote diversity “while not being tokenizing,” and also includes a glossary of terms to avoid, according to a spokesperson.
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The page includes a pandemic glossary, a vaccine explainer and a guide to identifying misinformation.
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If you’re new to the chat and wondering about acronyms, here’s a glossary of frequently-used chat terms.
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A glossary of what all those strange phrases in classic Christmas songs really mean.
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The nine-page glossary in the back of the book is helpful, but only up to a point.
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The downside is that you may read in a perpetual state of glossary-checking and Goodreads-searching.
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The essential glossary here: “Molly” is a slang word for MDMA, a drug often used for date rape; “that” is the date raping.
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Plus, read an account of an escape from Scientology's Sea Org and a Scientology glossary.
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He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.
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It has a complete glossary of terms, and is illustrated with two hundred original drawings.
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Except for yogh, h-stroke and paired , unusual letters appear only in the editorial material (introduction, notes and glossary).
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The preceding examples give most of the more important weak verbs; others can be found in the Glossary.
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Also, of the pronoun me; as in d m'endyte, G 32; see M' in the Glossary, p. 157.
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British Dictionary definitions for glossary

glossary

/ (ˈɡlɒsərɪ) /

noun plural -ries

an alphabetical list of terms peculiar to a field of knowledge with definitions or explanationsSometimes called: gloss

Derived forms of glossary

glossarial (ɡlɒˈsɛərɪəl), adjectiveglossarially, adverbglossarist, noun

Word Origin for glossary

C14: from Late Latin glossārium; see gloss ²

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