Lacking gloss or shine; not having explanatory notes or annotations; dull in appearance.
From 'gloss' + '-less' (suffix meaning 'without'). Can refer either to absence of shine or absence of explanatory material.
A glossless translation is literal and bare—scholars debate whether adding glosses helps or hurts understanding, since sometimes a word-for-word rendering captures nuances that explanations would obscure!
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