gloss
gloss is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Goldsmith.
- 2.To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. The glossed and gleamy wave. J. R. Drake.
- 3.A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.]
- 4.An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary. All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. Hudibras. Explaining the text in short glosses. T. Baker.
- 5.A false or specious explanation. Dryden.
- 6.To render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.
- 7.To give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. Philips.
- 8.To make comments; to comment; to explain. Dryden.
- 9.To make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- afresh
- ago
- and
- anew
- bene
- brand-new
- daisy
- date
- day
- dictum
- est
- evergreen
- fashion
- fashionable
- fire-new
- fresh
- green
- hip
- immature
- immaturity
- innovation
- jam
- just
- late
- lately
- latterly
- long
- minute
- modern
- modernism
- modernize
- mushroom
- nascent
- neoteric
- new
- newly
- newness
- non
- not
- novel
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is gloss.
- What is a specious appearance; superficial quality or show. To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Goldsmith called?
- What is to give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth. The glossed and gleamy wave. J. R. Drake called?
- What is a foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.] called?
- What is a false or specious explanation. Dryden called?
- What is to render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate called?
- What is to give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation. You have the art to gloss the foulest cause. Philips called?
- What is to make comments; to comment; to explain. Dryden called?
- What is to make sly remarks, or insinuations. Prior called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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