Definition of Glossary

1. Noun. An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field.

Exact synonyms: Gloss
Generic synonyms: Wordbook
Derivative terms: Gloss, Gloss

Definition of Glossary

1. 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.

Definition of Glossary

1. Noun. (lexicography) A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glossary

1. a list of terms and their definitions [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossary

glorying
gloss
gloss-
gloss over
glossa
glossae
glossagra
glossal
glossalgia
glossanthrax
glossarial
glossarially
glossaries
glossarist
glossarists
glossary (current term)
glossas
glossata
glossator
glossators
glossatrices
glossatrix
glossectomy
glossed
glossed over
glosseme
glossemes
glosser
glossers
glosses

Literary usage of Glossary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1836)
"Supplement fo the Provincial glossary of Francis Grose, Esq. By Samuel Pegge, Esq. London. ... An Attempt at a glossary of some Words used in Cheshire. ..."

2. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1898)
"Philological explanations have, so far as possible, been relegated to the glossary, where they can be given in the most convenient form ; the glossary is, ..."

3. A Middle English Reader by Oliver Farrar Emerson (1905)
"glossary The etymology is given so far as the immediate form and language ... See list of irregular verbs at end of glossary. THE glossary is arranged on a ..."

4. An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers (1893)
"Contains also the Fight at Finnsburh, With Text and glossary on the basis of ... The glossary has been much enlarged. PA March, Lafayette College: It I ..."

5. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"glossary OF THE PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC TERMS USED IN THE PRESENT VOLUME* Aberrant—Forms ... I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. WS Dallas for this glossary, ..."

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