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glissant

glissant adjective: gliding horizontally in an undulant posture.

Adjective

glissant (not comparable)

  1. Gliding horizontally in an undulant posture.
    • a serpent glissant

Questions about glissant

What does glissant mean?
Glissant means gliding horizontally in an undulant posture.
What part of speech is glissant?
Glissant is an adjective.

Words near glissant in the dictionary

  1. glissando babbler
  2. glissandoed
  3. glissandoes
  4. glissandoing
  5. glissandos
  6. glissant
  7. glissed
  8. glisses
  9. glissette
  10. glissettes
  11. glissing

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