Word Study
glissando
CIDE DICTIONARY
glissando, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.].
A gliding effect; gliding. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
glissando, n. (pl. glissandi or -os) Mus. a continuous slide of adjacent notes upwards or downwards.
Etymology
It. f. F glissant sliding (as GLISSADE)
THESAURUS
glissando
avalanche, cantando, coast, demilegato, execution, expression, fingering, glide, glissade, intonation, landslide, landslip, legato, mezzo staccato, music-making, parlando, performance, pianism, pizzicato, rendering, rendition, repercussion, rubato, sideslip, skid, slide, slip, slippage, slither, slur, snowslide, snowslip, spiccato, staccato, subsidence, touchFor further exploring for "glissando" in Webster Dictionary Online