unglossed
unglossed adjective: lacking a gloss (explanatory note). Also the simple past and past participle of ungloss.
Adjective
unglossed (not comparable)
- Lacking a gloss (explanatory note).
- More recently Stephen Arata has come to a similar conclusion when he argues that the fiction and poetry of the 1880s and 1890s “explicitly rebuffed the English reader” through their copious use of “the untranslated phrase, the unglossed allusion, the in-joke, the unapologetic gesture towards...2014, Eddy Kent, Corporate Character
- Not glossed; without embellishment.
- How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will ; Whose broadsword is his honest thought, And truth ungloss'd his utmost skill !1950, The Law Journal - Volume 100, page 70
- In the last stage, the return of the oxygen left the fabric and any unglossed section red, while the gloss, which had sintered (particles fused together without melting), turned black.2014, Laura Gawlinski, Craig A. Mauzy, The Athenian Agora, page 120
Also used as
unglossed is also the simple past and past participle of ungloss.
Origin of unglossed
From Middle English unglosed; equivalent to un- + glossed.
Questions about unglossed
- What does unglossed mean?
- Unglossed means lacking a gloss (explanatory note).
- What part of speech is unglossed?
- Unglossed is an adjective.
Words near unglossed in the dictionary
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