Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A list of often difficult or specialized words with their definitions, often placed at the back of a book.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A collection of glosses or explanations of words, especially of words not in general use, as those of a dialect, a locality, or an art or science, or of particular words used by an old or a foreign author; a vocabulary or dictionary of limited scope.
- n. Synonyms Dictionary, Lexicon, etc. See vocabulary.
Wiktionary
- n. A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
Etymologies
- From Latin glossārium, from γλῶσσα (glossa, "tongue"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English glosarie, from Latin glōssārium, from glōssa, foreign word; see gloss2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“To maintain brand and company consistency a glossary is a must.”
“Following the glossary is a three-page history of the area from ancient times to modern times.”
“As of December 2005, the glossary is available online (in both html and pdf) at Web Link. back”
“The project gradually expanded into a 40-page booklet with sections on the different types of Indian restaurants in North America, the components of a menu, guidelines for ordering, sample meals, an FAQ, and a 150-some term glossary to help navigate those endless menus”
“Here are 2 to test your French: (answers hidden in glossary under Captcha)”
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“Mind you, this novel was published in 2004, so maybe a glossary is in another book.”
“The glossary is a work in progress and will be updated and expanded periodically.”
“Browsing this glossary is certain to whet your appetite to seek out these dishes in the places where they're prepared.”
“The construction term glossary has over 12,000 entries….”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘glossary’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
hurdle, tempo, consortium, caption, mutual understanding, jury, radio, javelin, extra time, boxing, Lander, European and 521 more...
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INTERP - terminology management terms
Terms from the fields of terminology, lexicography, lexicology and corpus linguistics
reworder, rewording, parser, parsing, tagger, tagging, aligner, aligning, content analysis, content analyzer, corpus management, glossary and 546 more...
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kat's words
ecumenical, cacophony, clatter, marimba, bamboo, saffron, slice, mercurial, pomegranate, cranky, slipshod, scritch and 511 more...
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INTERP - VOCABULARY
The vocabulary of conference interpreting. I commend this list to those who want to know more about the profession and to those who wish to organize their knowledge about the profession. To aspirin...
retour language, A-language, B-language, C-language, relay language, take sy on relay, language booth, booth meeting, mic, mike, mission, freelance interpr... and 2086 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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2007bee-r02
2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee Round 2
query, tendency, danceable, parachute, malignant, brutal, humanely, lyrically, deductible, shindig, gravel, embroidered and 274 more...
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Word Words
Word-related words.
etymology, language, definition, dictionary, thesaurus, lexicon, lingua franca, linguistics, grammar, syntax, semantics, simile and 19 more...
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literary pursuits
flyleaf, dogeared, marginalia, chapter, paperback, edition, typeface, blurb, dust jacket, bibliophile, footnote, appendices and 75 more...
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the library
vellum, watermark, dustjacket, chapbook, bookplate, edition, inscribed, signed, haiku, ode, limerick, sonnet and 70 more...
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fairyary
Nouns ending in 'ary' which have the sense of 'a collection of' or 'home of'.
bestiary, benedictionary, antiphonary, aviary, apiary, armamentary, dictionary, ossuary, plumassary, statuary, vaccary, zythepsary and 22 more...
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bookish
grimoire, bildungsroman, roman a clef, chapbook, picaresque, codicology, epistolary, colophon, manuscript, memoir, incunabulum, bibliomaniac and 47 more...
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Dictionary Terms
The interesting ones. :)
polyglossary, e-dictionary, calepine, kosha, etymologicon, idioticon, onomasticon, wordbook, glossary, thesaurus, synonymicon, fictionary and 17 more...
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