What does "gloze" mean?
A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
Gloze
/ɡləʊz/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
- Grammar: gloze is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: flatter, flattery.
- Usage evidence: So we o’ershroud stars and roses, Cherub and trophy and garland. Nothings grow something which quietly closes Heaven’s earnest eye,—not a glimpse of the far land Gets through our comments and glozes.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.
"So we o’ershroud stars and roses, Cherub and trophy and garland. Nothings grow something which quietly closes Heaven’s earnest eye,—not a glimpse of the far land Gets through our comments and glozes."
- 2 Flattery.
"[…] if Virtue aught may crave, or Heav’n, Beware, alike, of factious leagues, impure, And courtly glozes vile."
- 3 appearance.
"We have flattered thee, O Lord, with our tongues, and dissembled in our double hearts like the Israelites, whom thou hast fearfully punished in the sight of all the world, and saluted thee long with Judas kiss; to wit, with a vizard and show of religion, with the gloze of outward profession, drawing near thee with our lips, but our hearts far from thee […]"
- 4 A specious show, a deceit.
"Now to plain-dealing; lay these glozes by: Shall we resolve to woo these girls of France?"
Verb
- 1 To extenuate, explain away, gloss over. literary
"Heaven, that I had thy head! he has found the meaning: But I will gloze with him."
- 2 To use flattering language.
"[…] looke to see the throne where you should sit, To floate in bloud, and at thy wanton head, The glozing head of thy base minion throwne."
- 3 To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation.
"On this ground it is that Christianity works its way in Christianizing a community—if only it have free scope. It does this, not by glozing the evil that is in the world; not by extenuating, or by exaggerating the damage which human nature has sustained; but it does so by raising, in all minds, the ideal of human nature […]"
- 4 To give a shine to (something or someone).
"The scanty light glozed them with the glory of day, and, forgetful of pain and thirst and hunger, and of the menace of death, they sank upon the floor and cried, keeping fast hold of each other the while."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"So we o’ershroud stars and roses, Cherub and trophy and garland. Nothings grow something which quietly closes Heaven’s earnest eye,—not a glimpse of the far land Gets through our comments and glozes."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "gloze"?
Common synonyms include: flatter, flattery.
How do you use "gloze" in a sentence?
So we o’ershroud stars and roses, Cherub and trophy and garland. Nothings grow something which quietly closes Heaven’s earnest eye,—not a glimpse of the far land Gets through our comments and glozes.
How do you pronounce "gloze"?
Pronounced /ɡləʊz/.
Etymology
From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. More at gloss.