Glissade (noun)
glis-ayd
a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain.
Glissade entered English around 1830–40 and comes from French. It is composed of the verb glisser, meaning “to slip, slide,” and –ade, a noun suffix that denotes an action or process or a person or persons acting.
Example sentences
“She performed a perfect glissade on the piste.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
