— glossarial /glo sair"ee euhl, glaw-/ , adj. — glossarially , adv. — glossarist , n.
/glos"euh ree, glaw"seuh-/ , n. , pl. glossaries .
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.
[ 1350-1400; ME glossarye glossarium difficult word requiring explanation glossárion, dim. of glôssa tongue, language; later taken as a collection of such words, by construing suffix as L -arium -ARY; cf. GLOSS 2 ]