Glossing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The addition of a gloss, or explanatory note.

    "And it was in this university that the doctors began to sharpen their wits in matters of Holy Writ; they rejected the glossings and musings of interpreters and took the biblical writings to hand, preaching and writing thereof."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gloss form-of, gerund, participle, present

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"There's no point in glossing over the facts."

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