slight

English

/slaɪt/, [sl̥l͡ɐɪʔ̚]

adj
Definitions
  • Small
  • of slender build
  • (regional) Even, smooth or level
  • (especially said of the swa) still; with little or no movement on the surface
  • (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
  • (regional) Bad, of poor quality.
  • (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English slight (of poor quality, bad, also meaning smooth level, slim, smooth, slender, unimportant, level, trivial) inherited from Old English sliht (smooth, level) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (flat, smooth, slippery, plain, level).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*slihtaz

Gloss

flat, smooth, slippery, plain, level

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