Plural form of glossa; multiple annotations, explanations, or marginal notes on texts.
From Latin glossa pluralized into glossae or anglicized as glossas, maintaining the meaning of multiple explanatory notes or glosses.
The word 'glossas' shows English borrowing directly from Latin manuscripts—printers kept the Latin plural even as English developed its own 's' plural.
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