Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To extenuate, explain away, gloss over. · To use flattering language. · To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation. · To give a shine to (something or someone).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary. · Flattery. · appearance. · A specious show, a deceit.
From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. Doublet of gloss and glossa.
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