The action of explaining away or covering up something unpleasant with flattery or smooth excuses.
Present participle of gloze, formed by adding '-ing' to the verb stem. Used in Middle English literature to describe the act of deceptive smoothing-over.
Shakespeare loved the word 'glozing' for describing courtly deception—it perfectly captures the idea that some words are designed to hide rather than reveal truth.
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