glose

Verb

glose (third-person singular simple present gloses, present participle glosing, simple past and past participle glosed)

1. Alternative form of gloze
   • 1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter IV, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 134:

     [M]y honoured Lord, ſaid Iſabella, who reſented Theodore’s warmth, which ſhe perceived was dictated by his ſentiments for Matilda, diſcompose not yourſelf for the gloſing of a of a peaſant’s ſon: He forgets the reverence he owes you; but he is not accuſtomed⸺[…]

Anagrams

• goels, LEGOs, Goels, goles, legos, segol, Legos, Ogles, ogles, loges

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloz/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa (“explanation of a difficult word”). See also English gloze (“to make a comment”).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “glose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• loges, logés

Verb

glose

1. inflection of glosen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Etymology

From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

Noun

glose f or m (definite singular glosa or glosen, indefinite plural gloser, definite plural glosene)

1. a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse

References

• “glose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “glose_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Etymology

From Medieval Latin glosa, glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă).

Noun

glose f (definite singular glosa, indefinite plural gloser, definite plural glosene)

1. a word, term or expression, e.g. in a foreign language, or a term of abuse

References

• “glose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔzi

Verb

glose

1. inflection of glosar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlose/ [ˈɡlo.se]
• Rhymes: -ose
• Syllabification: glo‧se

Verb

glose

1. inflection of glosar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative