Gloze

Quick meaning: Gloze is a noun meaning A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.

Meaning

A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary.

More Meanings

1. Flattery.
2. (False) appearance.
3. A specious show, a deceit.
4. (literary) To extenuate, explain away, gloss over.
5. To use flattering language.
6. To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation.
7. To give a shine to (something or someone).

Example Sentences

The relation of certain words in the original to the practice of my translation may require gloze.

No tender word or dainty gloze Could give him pleasure half so fine As that which tingled to her blows.

[…] if Virtue aught may crave, or Heav’n, Beware, alike, of factious leagues, impure, And courtly glozes vile.

Himself, he hints, is ever in the throes Of some grim struggle for his Self’s control. M’Corkle lies. He never fought. Speech is his rôle. He’s putty, and his holiness all gloze.

Word Forms

• glozes
• glozing
• glozed

Synonyms for gloze

Depending on context, synonyms include jolly, puff, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gloss, gloser, glozer, postglossator, glossarium, glossography.

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