glossary
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/glos"euh ree, glaw"seuh-/, n., pl. glossaries.
1. a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
2. such a list at the back of a book, explaining or defining difficult or unusual words and expressions used in the text.
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1350-1400; ME glossarye < L glossarium difficult word requiring explanation < Gk glossárion, dim. of glôssa tongue, language; later taken as a collection of such words, by construing suffix as L -arium -ARY; cf. GLOSS2]
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