Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungloss

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-gloss
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the gloss from; to make less glossy.

verb

To reverse the process of glossing; to make explicit what has been glossed over.

noun

A detail that has been made explicit through unglossing; an unglossing.

noun

The act of unglossing.

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Etymology

From un- + gloss.

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Questions

What does ungloss mean?
To remove the gloss from; to make less glossy.
Where does ungloss come from?
From un- + gloss.

How to pronounce ungloss

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