Definitions
give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
Word origin
Probably from a North Germanic language, compare Icelandic glossi (“spark, flame”), glossa (“to flame”); or perhaps from dialectal Dutch gloos (“a glow, flare”), related to West Frisian gloeze (“a glow”), Middle Low German glȫsen (“to smoulder, glow”), German glosen (“to smoulder”); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *glus- (“to glow, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to flourish; be green or yellow”). More at glow.
Used in a sentence
“To me more dear, congenial to my heart, / One native charm than all the gloss of art.”
“You have the art to gloss the foulest cause.”
“All this, without a gloss or comment, / He would unriddle in a moment.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Shiny finish”5 letters
02“Shiny surface appearance”5 letters
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