sleight

See also: Sleight

English

Etymology

From Middle English sleighte, sleght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*slōʒiþō). Doublet of slöjd/sloyd.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophones: slight

Noun

sleight (plural sleights)

  1. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
  3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

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Adjective

sleight

  1. Alternative form of slight
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