"collected explanations of words (especially those not in ordinary use), a book of glosses," mid-14c., from Latin glossarium "collection of glosses," from Greek glossarion, diminutive of glōssa "obsolete or foreign word" (see gloss (n.2)). Related: Glossarial.
glorious
glory
glory hole
gloss
glossalgia
glossary
glossator
glosso-
glossocomium
glossolalia
glossy