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glossarial

UK/ɡlɒˈsɛəɹi.əl/US/ɡlɔˈsɛɹi.əl/

glossarial adjective: of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary.

Adjective

glossarial (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary.
    • On the contrary, it is sufficiently common to be generalized so that the grammatical part of language has been accredited with a permanence which has been denied to the glossarial or vocabular.1857, The Protestant Episcopal Quarterly Review, and Church Register
  2. In the form of a glossary or gloss.
    • For most of the works, a glossarial commentary is provided at the foot of the page; these annotations are comparable to those in many one-volume textbook editions of Shakespeare.2007, Gary Taylor, John Lavagnino, Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works, page 18
  3. Containing a glossary.

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Questions about glossarial

What does glossarial mean?
Glossarial means of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary.
What part of speech is glossarial?
Glossarial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce glossarial?
Glossarial is pronounced /ɡlɒˈsɛəɹi.əl/ (UK).

Words near glossarial in the dictionary

  1. glossal
  2. glossalgia
  3. glossalgias
  4. glossanthrax
  5. glossaria
  6. glossarial
  7. glossarially
  8. glossarian
  9. glossarians
  10. glossaries
  11. glossarist

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