slight
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English sliht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.
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slight (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)
- Small, weak, or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
- a slight (i.e., feeble) effort
- a slight (i.e., not deep) impression
- a slight (i.e., not convincing) argument
- a slight (i.e., not thorough) examination
- a slight (i.e., not severe) pain
- Not stout or heavy; slender.
- a slight but graceful woman
- Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
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- See also Wikisaurus:scrawny
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insignificant
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[edit] Verb
slight (third-person singular simple present slights, present participle slighting, simple past and past participle slighted)
- To treat as slight or not worthy of attention, to make light of.
- To treat with disdain or neglect.
- To act negligently or carelessly.
- To overthrow; to demolish.
- To make even or level.
- To throw heedlessly.
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- See also Wikisaurus:offend
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[edit] Noun
Wikipedia slight (plural slights)
- The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- Sleight.
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- See also Wikisaurus:offense
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
