Display format
The system has three built-in formats to display entries. You can create your own format if you want.
The default view is quite simple. It looks like a conventional dictionary.
The second view shows the entry in a forum-like format, without the author's data.
And the third one shows the entry also in a forum-like format but with the author's data.
If you want to create your own format, you should create a .PHP file and give it a number as its name. See into mod/glossary/formats which should be the next number.
Then, create a funcion called glossary_print_entry_by_format($course, $cm, $glossary, $entry) and dump all your creativity.
The last stemp is to insert a new entry in every language pack you use called displayformat[number], and give it a meaningful description.