GLOSS

I. noun Etymology: akin to Middle High German glosen to glow, shine; akin to Old English geolu yellow Date: 1538 a surface luster or brightness ; shine , 2. a deceptively attractive appearance , bright often superficial attractiveness , a transparent cosmetic preparation for adding shine and usually color to the lips, II. transitive verb Date: 1656 1. to mask the true nature of ; give a deceptively attractive appearance to, to deal with (a subject or problem) too lightly or not at all, to give a ~ to, III. noun Etymology: alteration of gloze, from Middle English glose, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin glosa, ~a, from Greek glōssa, glōtta tongue, language, obscure word; akin to Greek glōchis projecting point Date: 1548 1. a brief explanation (as in the margin or between the lines of a text) of a difficult or obscure word or expression, a false and often willfully misleading interpretation (as of a text), 2. ~ary , an interlinear translation, a continuous commentary accompanying a text, commentary , interpretation , IV. transitive verb Date: 1603 1. to provide a ~ for ; explain , define , interpret , to dispose of by false or perverse interpretation