glissant - translation to English
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glissant - translation to English

MARTINIQUAIS WRITER
EdouardGlissant; Edouard Glissant

glissant      
slippery, sliding; rolling, soapy, slippy
glissant      
n. creeping
glissé      
n. glide

Wikipedia

Édouard Glissant

Édouard Glissant (21 September 1928 – 3 February 2011) was a French writer, poet, philosopher, and literary critic from Martinique. He is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in Caribbean thought and cultural commentary and Francophone literature.

Examples of use of glissant
1. Les principaux intéressés évitent de s‘aventurer sur ce terrain glissant.
2. On peut certes rayer un nom en glissant son stylo sans hargne.
3. Tout en glissant, par ailleurs, sobrement: «Aux Etats–Unis, ils ont pu élire Barack Obama.
4. Mais on l‘avait inutilement alourdi en y glissant le doublement du tunnel du Gothard.
5. Témoignages de personnes glissant vers le délire, histoire de la psychose d‘une comédienne: impressionnant.