gloss
noun
[ ɡlɒs ]
• shine or lustre on a smooth surface.
• "hair with a healthy gloss"
Similar:
shine,
sheen,
lustre,
gleam,
patina,
shininess,
glossiness,
brightness,
brilliance,
shimmer,
sparkle,
polish,
burnish,
glaze,
varnish,
• a superficially attractive appearance or impression.
• "beneath the gloss of success was a tragic private life"
Similar:
facade,
veneer,
surface,
front,
show,
camouflage,
disguise,
mask,
semblance,
smokescreen,
outward appearance,
false appearance,
window dressing,
attractive appearance,
gloss
verb
• apply a glossy substance to.
• "the singer glossed her lips a deep red"
Origin:
mid 16th century: of unknown origin.
gloss
noun
• a translation or explanation of a word or phrase.
Similar:
explanation,
interpretation,
exegesis,
explication,
elucidation,
annotation,
note,
marginal note,
footnote,
commentary,
comment,
critique,
translation,
paraphrase,
scholium,
gloss
verb
• provide an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase for (a text, word, etc.).
• "the Japanese word often glossed as ‘sincerity’ really means something different"
Similar:
explain,
give an explanation of,
interpret,
explicate,
elucidate,
annotate,
add notes/footnotes to,
add a commentary to,
comment on,
translate,
paraphrase,
construe,
footnote,
margin,
marginalize,
Origin:
mid 16th century: alteration of the noun gloze, from Old French glose (see gloze), suggested by medieval Latin glossa ‘explanation of a difficult word’, from Greek glōssa ‘word needing explanation, language, tongue’.
