Meanings
nounglossing (plural glossings)
plural glossings
- 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.
2012, C. Scott Dixon, Contesting the Reformation
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of gloss
Translations
Spanish glose
- glosenoun
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glossing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossing
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“glossing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glossing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossing.
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