slightsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From slight +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

slightsome (comparative more slightsome, superlative most slightsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by slight; scornful
    • 1894, Edward Sylvester Ellis, The Great Cattle Trail:
      "I consider such, remarks as onnecessary [sic] and slightsome," replied Dinah, with a scornful toss of her head; [...]
    • 2007, Ron Rash, The World Made Straight:
      Nor a drop of rain nor even the wind stirring the most slightsome leaf.
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