glossaria

Plural of glo arium. ing. Clasping his well-strung limbs with glo efull steele. Marston , Soph on isba, i. 2. Glo ic (glos'ik), n. [ γλῶσσα , the tongue, a language, + -ic .] A phonetic system of spelling invented by Alexander J. Ellis, intended to be used concurrently with the existing English Relating to, connected with, or of the nature of a glo ary. In the glo arial index of former editions, the reader has merely been presented with a long list of words, and references to the pa ages where they occur. Boswell, Advertisement to Shakespeare. glo arian (glo-sā'ri-an), n. [ glo ary +-an.] A glo arist. The qualifications of the ideal glo arian . Quarterly Rev., CXXVII. 145. glo arist (glos'a-rist), n. [ glo ary + -ist.] 1. A writer of a glo or commentary. The glo arist cites that pa age of the Electra apropos of which we know that Aris toph anes wrote his comment. Amer. Jour. Philol., VI. 160. 2. One who prepares or compiles a glo ary. glo arium (glo-sā'ri-um), n.; pl. glo aria (-a). [NL., glo ary (glos'a-ri), n.; pl. glo aries (-riz). [= F. glo aire = Sp. glosario = Pg. It. glo a rio = G. glo ar, He spells them true by intuition's light, And needs no glo ary to set him right. Cowper, Needle Alarm. Shakespeare stands le in need of a glo ary to most New England ers than to many a native of the old country. Lowell , Study Windows. =Syn. Dictionary , Lexicon , etc. See vocabulary . Glo at a (glo-sā'tä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of glo at us, tongued: see glo ate.] A division of insects, containing those with suctorial mouthparts and a spiral tongue between reflexed palpi, corresponding to the order Lepidoptera. Fa bricius. glo ate (glos'āt), a. [NL. glo at us, tongued,