Glossary Definition

glôsə-rē, glŏsə-

glossaries

noun

glossaries

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.

Webster's New World

A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.

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Other Word Forms of Glossary

Noun

Singular:

glossary

Plural:

glossaries

Origin of Glossary

Middle English glosarie from Latin glōssārium from glōssa foreign word gloss²

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin glossārium, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glossa, “tongue”).

From Wiktionary