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Definition slight
Etymology
From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Low German slecht (“bad”), Swedish slät (“smooth”). Related to slighten, slicht.
Adjective
slight (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)
- Small in amount, gentle, or weak; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
- Not stout or heavy; slender.
- (regional) Even, smooth or level; still (of the sea).
- (obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
Verb
slight (third-person singular simple present slights, present participle slighting, simple past and past participle slighted)
- (transitive) To treat as slight or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
- (transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
- (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- (transitive) To make even or level.
- (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
Noun
slight (plural slights)
- The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- (obsolete) Sleight.
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