sleighte
Middle English
editAlternative forms
edit- scleighte, scliȝt, sleght, sleȝt, sleȝþe, sleight, sleigþe, sleiȝt, sleiht, sleihte, sleiþe, slet, sleþþe, sleygt, sleyght, sleyghte, sleyȝte, sleyhte, sleyt, sleyte, sleythe, sleyþe, slight, sliȝt, sliȝþe, slithe, sliþe, slyghte, slyȝt
Etymology
editBorrowed from Old Norse slœgð, from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō; equivalent to sly + -the (abstract nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsleighte (plural sleightes)
- Wit, shrewdness, judiciousness; the state of being wise.
- Adeptness, expertise; knowledge in a certain area.
- Tactics, plans, preparation; the act of readying.
- A tactic, approach, method, or accomplishment.
- Work, labour, might; that which is expended on a task.
- Detail; the finer or more intricate points of something.
- Cunning, sleight; craft; artful practice.
- An artful or deceiving trick; a sly artifice.
- (rare) Something of extreme attractiveness.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “sleight, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.
Adjective
editsleighte
- Judicious, considered, shrewd; having or indicative of great wisdom.
- Sly, artful, wily; employing or being an example of deception.
References
edit- “sleight, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse
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- Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Middle English terms suffixed with -the (abstract nominal)
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