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
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- outslick English
- slicht English
- slick English
- slickem English
- slicken English
- slickhead English
- slickly English
- slickness English
- slickrock English
- slickster English
- slickwater English
- slighten English
- slighter English
- slighteth English
- slightful English
- slightish English
- slightly English
- slightness English
- slightsome English
- superslick English
- ultraslick English
- unslick English
- Schlechtigkeit German
- grottenschlecht German
- schlecht German
- schlechtreden German
- schlicht German
- spottschlecht German
- inslecht Dutch, Flemish
- slecht Dutch, Flemish
- slechterik Dutch, Flemish
- slechtgehumeurd Dutch, Flemish
- slechts Dutch, Flemish
- slechtziend Dutch, Flemish
- *slihtaz Proto-Germanic
- slät Swedish
- ligetsliht Old English
- sliht Old English
- sleght Middle English
- sleight Middle English
- sleȝt Middle English
- slicke Middle English
- slight Middle English
- sliȝt Middle English
- slyȝt Middle English
- sléttr Old Norse
- slet Danish
- sléttlendi Icelandic
- sléttsöngur Icelandic
- sléttur Icelandic
- ósléttur Icelandic
- slecht Middle Dutch
- arg Old High German
- sleht Old High German
- sleg Afrikaans
- sleht Middle High German
- sliht Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- lihtne Estonian
- *sleht Old Dutch