Glossary (noun)
glos-a-ree
a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions. / such a list at the back of a book, explaining or defining difficult or unusual words and expressions used in the text.
1350–1400; Middle English glossarye. Latin glōssarium difficult word requiring explanation
Example sentences
“Flicking back and fore to the glossary was tiresome but required.”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…
Slapdash (adverb) slap-dash in a careless, hasty, or haphazard manner C17: from slap + dash (more…)