glossary
nounUK /ˈɡlɒs.ə.ɹi/ · US /ˈɡlɑ.sə.ɹi/
Etymology From Middle English glosarie, from Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Doublet of glossarium.
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A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).
- At the back of the book you can find the glossary.
- Synonyms
- dictionary
- Derived terms
- glindex, glossarist, glossarize, unglossaried
- Related terms
- gloss, glossator, glossology, gloze, terminography, terminology, thesaurus