n.
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of gloze, from Middle English glose, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Greek gl ō ssa, gl ō tta tongue, language, obscure word; akin to Greek gl ō chis projecting point
Date: 1548
1 a : a brief explanation (as in the margin or between the lines of a text) of a difficult or obscure word or expression b : a false and often willfully misleading interpretation (as of a text)
2 a : GLOSSARY b : an interlinear translation c : a continuous commentary accompanying a text
3 : COMMENTARY , INTERPRETATION