Third person singular present tense of gloze; explains away or covers up something unpleasant with flattery or excuses.
From gloze (Old French gloser) with the third-person singular present suffix '-es' (modern '-s'). The archaic form shows Middle English morphology.
When a politician 'glozes over' a scandal today, we're using the same linguistic tradition from medieval times—the word itself is archaic but its meaning remains all too relevant.
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