Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The compilation of glosses or glossaries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The writing of glosses or explanatory comments on a text.
- noun In anatomy, a description of the tongue.—
- noun A description and grouping of languages.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The writing of
glossaries orglosses .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
gloss + -ography
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Examples
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I want "Adventure" material, not just a glossography.
*grumble, grumble* 2000
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"an expounding of strange words," and in Nathan Bailey's (1721) glossography: "the art of writing a glossary."
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