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glos⋅sa⋅ry

[glos-uh-ree, glaw-suh-]
–noun, plural -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; ME glossarye < L glōssarium difficult word requiring explanation < Gk glōssárion, dim. of glôssa tongue, language; later taken as a collection of such words, by construing suffix as L -ārium -ary; cf. gloss 2


glos⋅sar⋅i⋅al [glo-sair-ee-uhl, glaw-] , adjective
glos⋅sar⋅i⋅al⋅ly, adverb
glos⋅sa⋅rist, noun
glos·sa·ry   (glô'sə-rē, glŏs'ə-)   
n.   pl. glos·sa·ries
A list of often difficult or specialized words with their definitions, often placed at the back of a book.

[Middle English glosarie, from Latin glōssārium, from glōssa, foreign word; see gloss2.]
glos·sar'i·al (glô-sâr'ē-əl, glŏ-) adj., glos'sa·rist n.

Glossary

Glos"sa*ry\, n.; pl. Gossaries. [L. glossarium, fr. glossa: cf. F. glossaire. See 3d Gloss.] 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.
Language Translation for : glossary
Spanish: glosario,
German: das Glossar,
Japanese: 用語辞典

glossary 
c.1380, from L. glossarium "collection of glosses" (see gloss (2)), from Gk. glossarion, dim. of glossa "obsolete or foreign word."
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