glossarist
ə noun, plural glos·sa·ries.
1.
a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
2.
such a list at the back of a book, explaining or defining difficult or unusual words and expressions used in the text.
Origin:
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
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
Related forms
glos·sar·i·al·ly, adverb
glos·sa·rist, noun
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| Sometimes called: gloss an alphabetical list of terms peculiar to a field of knowledge with definitions or explanations | |
| [C14: from Late Latin glossārium; see | |
| glossarial | |
| —adj | |
| glos'sarially | |
| —adv | |
| 'glossarist | |
| —n | |
| glossary (ˈɡlɒsərɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| Sometimes called: gloss an alphabetical list of terms peculiar to a field of knowledge with definitions or explanations | |
| [C14: from Late Latin glossārium; see | |
| glossarial | |
| —adj | |
| glos'sarially | |
| —adv | |
| 'glossarist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
glossary
late 14c., from L. glossarium "collection of glosses" (see gloss (2)), from Gk. glossarion, dim. of glossa "obsolete or foreign word."
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