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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024glos•sa•ry /ˈglɑsəri, ˈglɔsə-/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ries. - a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with definitions, esp. at the back of a book.
See -glot-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024glos•sa•ry (glos′ə rē, glô′sə-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. - a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- such a list at the back of a book, explaining or defining difficult or unusual words and expressions used in the text.
- Greek glōssárion, diminutive of glôssa tongue, language; later taken as a collection of such words, by construing suffix as Latin -ārium -ary; compare gloss2
- Latin glōssarium difficult word requiring explanation
- 1350–1400; Middle English glossarye
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