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The definition of glossary is a list of words and their meanings.

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The alphabetical listing of difficult words in the back of a book is an example of a glossary.

See glossary in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a list of difficult, technical, or foreign terms with definitions or translations, as for some particular author, field of knowledge, etc., often included in alphabetical listing at the end of a textbook

Origin: ME glosarie < L glossarium < glossa: see gloss

Related Forms:

glossarial adjective
glossarist noun

See glossary in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. glos·sa·ries

A list of often difficult or specialized words with their definitions, often placed at the back of a book.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English glosarie

Origin: , from Latin glōssārium

Origin: , from glōssa, foreign word; see gloss²

Related Forms:

glos·sarˈi·al (glô-sârˈē-əl, glŏ-) adjective

glosˈsa·rist noun

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