sleekit

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English

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Etymology

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From Scots sleekit, Scottish form of sleeked. Compare slick, sleek.

Adjective

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sleekit (comparative more sleekit, superlative most sleekit)

  1. (Scotland) Specious, flattering; cunning.
    • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 19:
      ‘Damn your impudence, Duror,’ he said. ‘You're a sleekit one all right.’
    • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 390:
      They were not sleakit and did not knife ye, that was one thing. They were not fly men cheaters.

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Scots

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Etymology

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Participle adjective of sleek.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sleekit (comparative mair sleekit, superlative maist sleekit)

  1. slick, smooth, glossy
  2. cunning, sly, crafty
    • 1785, Robert Burns, To A Mouse:
      Wee, sleekit, cowran, tim'rous beastie, / O, what panic's in thy breastie!
      Little, cunning, cowering, timorous beast, / Oh, what a panic is in your breast!
    • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink 2018, page 12:
      He's goat a wee sleekit smile oan his face as we go fur it.
      He's got a little crafty smile on his face as we go for it.

Verb

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sleekit

  1. simple past tense and past participle of sleek