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slightn.

Brit. /slʌɪt/, U.S. /slaɪt/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s sleight.
Etymology: < slight adj., slight v.
†1.
a. A very small amount or weight; a small matter, a trifle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount
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farthingsworthc1325
pennyworthc1330
incha1350
sliverc1374
chipa1393
gnastc1440
Jack1530
spoonful1531
crumba1535
spark1548
slight1549
pin's worth1562
scruple1574
thought1581
pinch1583
scrap1583
splinter1609
ticket1634
notchet1637
indivisible1644
tinyc1650
twopence1691
turn of the scale(s)1706
enough to swear by1756
touch1786
scrimptiona1825
infinitesimal1840
smidgen1841
snuff1842
fluxion1846
smitchel1856
eyelash1860
smidge1866
tenpenceworth1896
whisker1913
tidge1986
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms lxii. 9 The sonnes of men deceitfull are, on ballaunce but a sleight.
1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xxix. sig. Q5v No lawes beeing so excellent as those that..being slight, produce the weightiest and best effects.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. I v The same sleights By turns do urge them both in their descents and heights.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 66 Yet it is but a sleight to those Practice hath inur'd the Hand to.
†b. to make a (etc.) slight (of). Cf. slight adj. 5d. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > treat as of little importance
to dally out1548
to make a (etc.) slight (of)c1619
minimize1866
c1619 T. Lushington Resurrect. Serm. (1659) 11 His Disciples were..such tall fellows with their weapons, that they made it but a sleight either to withstand or assault a whole multitude.
1704 J. Pitts True Acct. Mohammetans ix. 135 He made a slight of that.
1730 W. Burdon Gentleman's Pocket-farrier 38 There is a Lameness..; Our Farriers make great Slight of it.
2. Display of contemptuous indifference or disregard; supercilious treatment or reception of a person, etc.; small respect for one.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of treating with contempt
noughtingc1225
indignationa1513
lightly1576
indignity1584
avilementa1617
nihilification1678
slight1701
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] > disrespect by disregarding
neglecting1539
misregard1543
neglect1598
non-regardancea1616
slightinga1640
unregarda1656
slight1701
negligence1778
1701 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 48 Pray don't hurt him by an appearance of neglect, less of slight.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xliv. 268 I don't care..that such a Proposal should be receiv'd with undue Slight.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 202 The subjects he has written on..incurred the slight of the cavillers of his day.
1867 W. D. Howells Ital. Journeys 250 Treating him with good~natured slight.
1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 374 He knew too well his mother's slight for Whitwell to suppose that he could have influenced her.
3. An instance of slighting or being slighted.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of treating with contempt > an act of contempt
scornc1275
despite1297
contemption1467
contempt1502
lightly1576
indignity1584
slight1719
fuck you1943
shaft1959
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] > disrespect by disregarding > instance of
neglect1598
slight1719
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 57 This Slight bred sad domestick Strife.
1780 Mirror No. 91 We see daily examples of men..who meet with slights where they demand respect.
1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 23 Dec. (1939) 54 He was kindly treated, but..suspected slights..where no such thing was meant.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 267 They revenged the studied slight which had been passed by Henry on themselves.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 123 He could hardly have passed upon them a more unmeaning slight.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

slightadj.adv.

Brit. /slʌɪt/, U.S. /slaɪt/
Forms: α. Middle English sliȝt, slyȝt, Middle English– slight (1500s slighte), 1600s slite; Scottish1500s slycht, slichte, 1500s– slicht. β. Middle English sleȝt, Middle English sleiȝte; Middle English sleght, Middle English–1600s sleight.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Scandinavian *sleht-.
Etymology: Middle English (originally northern) slight, sleght, < Old Scandinavian *sleht- (Old Norse sléttr, Icelandic sléttur, Norwegian slett; Swedish slät, Danish slet), = Old English *sliht (only in eorðslihtes, adverb), Old Frisian sliucht (West Frisian sljucht), Old Saxon sliht, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German slecht, slicht (Dutch slecht, Low German slicht, slecht), Old High German and Middle High German sleht (German schlecht, schlicht), Gothic slaihts; the relations of the stem are uncertain.
A. adj.
1. Smooth; glossy; sleek. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the world > matter > light > reflection > [adjective] > lustrous or shining with reflected light
browna1000
brightOE
cleara1300
slighta1300
burnedc1384
burnishedc1400
orientc1400
orientalc1450
sheeningc1480
refulgenta1500
silken1513
lustrantc1550
glossy1556
crisp1567
lustring1582
shiny1590
of shine1601
glossful1606
lustry1610
lustrousa1616
nitent1616
illustriousa1626
polished1649
lustrious1651
sheeny1673
shining1674
splendy1683
glazy1724
smolt1837
lustreful1843
lustred1858
sheened1920
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > smooth and polished or glossy
slighta1300
politea1398
well-burnishedc1400
well-polished1485
snod?a1500
sleeked1513
sneith1513
snog1513
sleek1589
enamelled1600
polished1649
slid1719
waxen1722
glazy1724
smolt1837
patent leather1904
smarmy1909
ciré1921
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4562 Me thoght..þat i com in a medu slight.
1483 Cath. Angl. 344/1 A Sleght stone, lamina, licinitorium.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 324/1 Sleight or smothe, alis.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xvii. 40 He..chose fyue slighte stones out of the ryuer.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3063 The slote of hir slegh brest sleght for to showe, As any cristall clere.
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. B8 The contentments..if we catch them, they proue but like Eeles, sleight & slippery.
1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments 33 Vpon the same place rubbe a sleight stone, and then with it sleight all the swelling.
1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 108 Slight, smooth, unruffled, applied to the sea; applied to surfaces in general, S[hetland].
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 465 Slight, smooth, sleek, glossy.
1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 372.
figurative.a1300 Cursor Mundi 26582 Noght wit wordes fayr and slight Agh þou for to plane þi plight.
2.
a. Slender, slim, thin; of a small and slender form or build.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective]
genta1275
smallc1275
slendera1400
slightc1400
gauntc1440
light-bodiedc1487
jimp?a1513
slender-bodied1611
snever1640
slim1657
gend1676
scranky1735
light built1778
sveltea1825
spindly1827
slimmish1841
slippy1883
slenderish1894
slim-down1978
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 190 Þat gracios gay..So smoþe, so smal, so seme[ly] slyȝt.
c1400 Rom. Rose 7257 Beggers..With sleight [MS. sleight] and pale faces lene.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 28 The roote is sleight or single.
1683 Britanniæ Speculum 46 They had only little Skiffs, the Keels and Footstocks whereof were made of slight Timber.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 23 E'en the slight hare-bell raised its head.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. v. 140 Some fine slight fingers have a wondrous knack at pulverizing a man's brittle pride.
1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 10 A slight dark girl is singing an old English Ballad.
b. slight falcon n. = falcon-gentle n.
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter gentilis (goshawk) > female
gentle falcona1393
slight falcon1591
gentle1638
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Accipiter > accipiter gentilis (goshawk) > young
gentle falcona1393
slight falcon1591
gentle1638
1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth iii. f. 11 They haue..great store of Hawkes, the Eagle, the Gerfaulcon, the Slightfaulcon, the Goshawke.
1614 S. Latham Falconry i. v. 17 Although the Fawlcons gentle, or slight Fawlcons, are by nature all of one kinde.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Hawk The Long-wing'd, which last Hawks are the Faulcon or Slight-Faulcon.
1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 3 The slight falcon..and the goshawk..are the two species generally used in falconry.
3.
a. Of light, thin, or poor texture or material; not good, strong, or substantial; rather flimsy or weak.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective]
tender?c1225
feeble1340
infirmc1374
slight1393
weakc1400
sperec1440
silly1587
unsound1590
immaterial1609
paper1615
unsubstantiala1617
reedy1628
slighty1662
insufficient1700
flimsy1702
bandbox1727
unconfirmed1752
insubstantial1767
gossamery1790
thread-paper1803
gossamer1806
slimsy1845
unendurable1879
bandboxy1891
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective]
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bastarda1348
sorry1372
slight1393
shrewd1426
singlec1449
backc1450
soberc1450
lesser1464
silly?a1500
starven1546
mockado1577
subaltern1578
bastardly1583
wooden1592
starved1604
perishing1605
starveling1611
minor1612
starvy1647
potsherd1655
low1727
la-la1800
waif1824
lathen1843
one-eyed1843
snide1859
bobbery1873
jerkwater1877
low-grade1878
shoddy1882
tinhorn1886
jerk1893
cheapie1898
shaganappi1900
buckeye1906
reach-me-down1907
pissy1922
crappy1928
cruddy1935
el cheapo1967
pound shop1989
1393–4 Rolls of Parl. III. 322/2 [Dont les Leyns cressantz es ditz Countees sont unes maneres des Leyns appellez] sleght wolle.
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 242 xxxv boltes of Sleght Canvas price of euery bolte xs.
1505 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 80 Ane cheseb of rede chamlot to the Gray Freris of Air, with cors of slicht gold.
1558 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 17 Howe many maskes, and whether riche or slite.
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. Dv He that could make a garment sleightest and thinnest carried it awaie.
1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 145 The soile of the countrey for the most parte is of a sleight sandie moulde.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 91 For which price, but very slight work hath been furnished.
1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. 105 This slight structure of private buildings seems to be the reason so few ruins are found.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 69 Their infantry were..armed..with slight shields, short spears, and handy daggers.
b. Lacking in solid or substantial qualities.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adjective]
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aerya1398
bottomlessa1413
hollowa1529
flittering1549
wanzing1571
aerial1581
slight1585
flit1590
windy1593
filmy1594
tenuous1597
unsubstantial1597
yeasty1598
thingless1599
airy1600
spare1602
spongy1603
insubstantial1607
baselessa1616
thina1616
insolid1618
insubstantiate1621
tenuious1634
bubble1635
thin-spun1638
subventaneous1646
unsubstanceda1658
whipped1673
aericala1678
huffy1678
blatherya1693
naughty1696
substanceless1784
vapoury1818
aeriform1827
airified1837
blow-away1858
non-substantial1858
unbased1860
evasive1881
stuffless1896
fabricless1905
lighter-than-air1909
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > slight or insubstantial
leanc1325
light1534
rushy1579
slight1585
smattering1589
exile1610
unmassy1665
insubstantial1767
flimsy1780
tenuousa1817
unsubstantial1825
gaseous1846
slimline1973
lite1986
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. xi. 90 b The Turks do content themselues with slight meates and easily dressed.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 180 The slightest kind of musick..are the vinate or drincking songes.
?1606 M. Drayton Ode i, in Poemes sig. B2v To those that with despight Shall terme these numbers slight, Tell them their iudgements blynde.
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme iii. xi. §3 Slight Rhetorications, no sound Arguments.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 414 He has published many books,..but all full of faults; for he was a slight and superficial man.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. v. 199 This may be but a slight Ground to raise a Positive opinion upon.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xxx Every species of author-craft, slighter than that which compounds a folio volume of law or of divinity.
1886 Manch. Examiner 3 Nov. 3/3 Fiction is represented by a good but rather slight story.
†c. Foolish, unwise. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
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daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
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adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
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nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
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foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
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follial1596
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inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 59 But no Beast ever was so slight, For man, as for his God, to fight.
4. Of persons:
†a. Of little worth or account; mean, low; humble in position. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [adjective]
leasteOE
wokec897
littleOE
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eathlyc1200
smallc1275
simplec1300
meana1375
humblec1386
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servile1447
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sober1533
silly1568
unresponsal1579
dunghilled1600
villainous1607
without name1611
woollena1616
dunghilly1616
unresponsible1629
under-stateda1661
low-down1865
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > low or subordinate > of people
slighta1500
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xvi. 193 Hard I neuer..That a knafe so sleght Shuld com..And refe me my right.
1588 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 268 Ane grite nowmer of slicht men and invyous personis.
1651 A. Weldon Court of King Charles 206 Otherwise it had been impossible so many grave Judges should have been over-ruled by such a slight and triviall fellow.
1660 Lupton's Thousand Notable Things (new ed.) xi. 333 It would be a disparagment to him, and her, to marry such a sleight fellow.
1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 434 Very meane & slight persons (some of them Gent: Servants, Clearks, persons neither of reputation nor Interest).
†b. Unworthy of confidence or trust. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > arousing or deserving of suspicion
suspecta1300
of suspicion1340
suspect1340
suspicious1340
untrusted1552
suspectiousa1558
suspected1559
suspected to1571
mistrusted1592
mistrustful1593
suspectful1603
slight1607
suspicable1614
distrustful1618
suspicionable1692
jealoused1695
suspectable1748
untrustable1862
funny1903
sus1958
hinky1961
sussy1965
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. G2 He that knowes great mens secrets and proues slight, That man nere liues to see his Beard turne white.
†c. Loose in morals. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adjective]
golec888
canga1225
light?c1225
wooinga1382
nicea1387
riota1400
wantonc1400
wrenec1400
lachesc1450
loose?a1500
licentious1555
libertine1560
prostitute1569
riggish1569
wide1574
slipper1581
slippery1586
sportive1595
gay1597
Cyprian1598
suburb1598
waggish1600
smicker1606
suburbian1606
loose-living1607
wantona1627
free-living1632
libertinous1632
loose-lived1641
Corinthian1642
akolastic1656
slight1685
fast1699
freea1731
brisk1740
shy1787
slang1818
randomc1825
fastish1832
loosish1846
slummya1860
velocious1872
fly1880
slack1951
1685 in W. Mure Select. Family Papers Caldwell (1854) I. 159 I having..been suspicious of her being a slight person, would goe into no room with her.
5.
a. Small in amount, quantity, degree, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > small in quantity, amount, or degree
littleeOE
litec1175
smallc1325
somedealc1340
slight1530
diminutive1602
minor1612
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. p. xvi For the same cause, they gyve somtyme unto theyr consonantes but a sleight and remisshe sounde.
1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) iii. iv. 368 By a sleight view and rehearsall of the most part.
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Serm. Paules Crosse Martij 1600 48 That sleight feares make women shrike.
1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xi. 58 If he knew that he conceived so much joy from such sleight appearances and shadows of comfort.
1726 Gay in J. Swift Wks. (1841) II. 591 I have been very much out of order with a slight fever.
1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. i. 14 Their Toils could raise But slight Returns of Gratitude and Praise.
1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 111 The effect is very slight, and at thirty feet it would probably be altogether imperceptible.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. ix. 581 It has also a slight, peculiar, but not unpleasant odour.
1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. iii. 177 A slight attention will give thirds, sixths, and twelfths.
b. Unimportant, trifling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial
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lighteOE
littleOE
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Lilliputian1726
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peppercornish1762
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underling1804
venial1806
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minified1837
trantlum1838
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potty1860
whipping-snapping1861
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quiddling1863
twaddling1863
fidgeting1865
penny ante1865
feather-weighted1870
jerkwater1877
midget1879
mimsy1880
shirttail1881
two-by-four1885
footle1894
skittery1905
footery1929
Mickey Mouse1931
chickenshit1934
minoritized1945
marginal1952
marginalized1961
tea-party1961
little league1962
marginalizing1977
minnowy1991
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xvii I doubt not some man wyl thynke this woman to be to slight to be written of emong graue and weyghtie matters.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xviij The lordes of Englande..made report to their capitain accordyng, whiche thought it verie sleight.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 145 Are we furious upon every sleight occasion?
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 122 Slight is the Subject, but the Praise not small. View more context for this quotation
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 12 I do no injustice..when I say he is too slight to be weighed with the Douglas.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess iv. 71 O for such, my friend, We prize them slight.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxxvi. 369 Therefore I am glad to take this slight occasion—this trifling occasion,..to say that I attach no importance to them in the least.
c. Used emphatically in the superlative.
ΚΠ
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 247 I will go on the slightest arrand now to the Antypodes that you can deuise to send mee on. View more context for this quotation
1750 Student 1 No. 2. 57 The cautious father..was upon the watch..on every the slightest occasion.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 244 Those loose theories to which none of them would chuse to trust the slightest of his private concerns. View more context for this quotation
1825 J. Bentham Indications Respecting Ld. Eldon 43 Of the extortion..not any the slightest intimation.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxv. 595 He never had had the slightest liking for her.
1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 72 The Sage..pursues the heavenly way without the slightest deflection.
d. to make slight of, to regard or treat as of little importance or consequence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > treat as of little importance > regard as of little importance or consequence
to make slight of1606
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. ix. 39 But they..made slight of his defiance and hostile forces.
a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. iii. 40 Though men make slite of these..butcheries.
1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 51 I was startled, but my Governess and her Niece made slight of it.
1796 J. Moser Hermit of Caucasus II. 58 He at first made slight of his indisposition.
e. Wanting in fullness or heartiness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lukewarm or lacking enthusiasm
coolOE
luke1340
tepid1513
lukewarmc1522
unearnest1542
spiritless1566
zeallessa1594
faint1596
unfiery1598
tepidous1607
Laodicean1633
heartless1636
unzealous1643
slight1660
unenthusiastic1805
teporous1821
coolish1850
ice-cool1891
demotivated1963
meh2007
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 237 The King..asking him what he was, received but a slight answer.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 27 Jan. Ye Duke..receiv'd them after a slight manner.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 63 Slight was his answer ‘Well—I care not for it’.
f. Performed with little exertion.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > involving little effort
lightOE
easyc1380
softc1390
unpainful?c1425
unconstrained1541
toilless1606
facile1607
labourlessa1613
cheapa1616
unforced1642
unlaborious1644
slight1667
sweatless1893
pussyfoot1899
lite1929
light-touch1935
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 181 He..in contempt, At one slight bound high overleap'd all bound Of Hill or highest Wall. View more context for this quotation
†6. Slighting, contemptuous. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous
ollinga1200
hokerfula1275
scorningc1325
deignousc1330
despitousa1340
disdainousc1374
lightlya1400
scornfula1400
despiteous14..
endeignousc1400
hathlya1425
spitefulc1440
despitefula1450
fastidious?a1475
contemptuous1534
disdainfula1542
huff-nosed1542
lightliful1552
dainful1577
contemptible1594
sdeignful1596
disdained1598
contemptful1604
contemning1605
overlookinga1619
slight1632
slightinga1637
slightya1640
despisable1644
despicable1662
sneering1692
scornful1704
saucy1716
vilipendinga1722
fastidiose1730
unappreciating1833
scorny1836
high-sniffing1837
sniffy1871
sneery1872
sneerful1880
pejorativea1888
dismissive1930
sniffish1933
fuck you1962
1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry ii. sig. E2 Recant your sterne contempt, and slight neglect Of the whole Court, and him.
1688 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 245 Saying you may command the Judges,..and other slight and scornfull Expressions he vsed.
B. adv.
1. Poorly, slightly; contemptuously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb]
coarsely1548
slighta1616
at a discount1798
cheaply1822
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adverb]
slighta1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. i. 58 Is Cæsar with Anthonius priz'd so slight ? View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 109 Think not so slight of glory. View more context for this quotation
a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxxii. 313 In this corrupt Age..perhaps Oaths are thought much slighter of than ever they were in former Times.
2. Slimly, slenderly. Chiefly in combinations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adverb]
slightly1521
smally1562
slenderly1591
slight?1677
tenderly1721
slimly1831
?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 69 A plain Balconie,..made very slight, may not be worth above three pence half penny the pound.
1770 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan 17 The Gentoos of the lower provinces are a slight made people.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 193 That other, his slight-built comrade, and craft-brother.
3. Slightly; to a small extent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > to a small extent or slightly
lightlyeOE
liteOE
littleOE
a litec1290
smallc1300
softc1390
smally?a1425
slenderlya1513
hoverly1549
remissly1557
slender1581
not half1583
faintly1590
slightly1594
lankly1611
lowly1655
slight1671
nicely1698
weakly1775
sparingly1796
jimply1816
feebly1830
slightually1859
marginally1960
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1229 Come nearer, part not hence so slight inform'd. View more context for this quotation
1727 J. Thomson Summer 49 The Neck slight-shaded, and the swelling Breast.

Compounds

slight-billed, slight-bottomed, slight-limbed, etc.; also slight-seeming.
ΚΠ
1660 A. Brett Threnodia 4 Slight-bottom'd Passion's quickly spent.
a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) II. 241 Sir John [Suckling] was but a slight timberd man, and of midling stature.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3942/4 A black slight Limb'd Mare,..narrow Ey'd.
1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 196 How essential it is to check even slight-seeming nervous disorders in their commencement.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vii. 155 If she be small, slight-natured, miserable, How shall men grow?
1895 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. IV. 117 The slight-billed parraquet,..the sole representative of its genus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

slightv.

Brit. /slʌɪt/, U.S. /slaɪt/
Forms: α. Middle English– slight, 1600s slyght, 1700s– Scottish slicht; Middle English, 1600s slite. β. Middle English sleght, 1600s sleight, slaight.
Origin: Partly formed within English, by conversion. Perhaps partly a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Dutch. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Low German. Perhaps partly a borrowing from German. Etymon: slight adj.
Etymology: In sense 1 < slight adj. 1, or < Old Scandinavian *slehta (Old Norse and Icelandic slétta , Norwegian sletta , Swedish slätta , Danish slette ). In sense 2 < Dutch slechten , Low German slichten , or German schlichten to level. In senses 3, 4 < slight adj. 5.
†1. transitive. To make smooth or level. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)]
evenlOE
slighta1300
planec1350
complanec1420
levelc1450
dismount1563
planish1580
equalize1596
equal1610
to even out1613
flat1613
flattena1631
complanate1643
platten1688
reconcile1712
range1825
macadamize1826
lay1892
plata1903
a1300 Cursor Mundi 28026 Leuedis,..Quen yee yow-self sua slight and slike, Yee sai þat men you wille besuike.
1483 Cath. Angl. 344/1 To Sleght, lucibrucinare.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Calendrer vne toile, to slighte a webbe, or linnen.
1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. Former Pt. vi. sig. D4 You must not at any time sleight or smooth your Corne, but after a shower of Raine.
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1625) 50 After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it.
2. To level with the ground; to raze (a fortification, etc.). Obsolete exc. Historical (common c1640–80).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin
spillc950
fellOE
to cast downc1230
destroy1297
to turn up?c1335
to throw down1340
to ding downc1380
to break downa1382
subverta1382
underturn1382
to take downc1384
falla1400
to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400
voida1400
brittenc1400
to burst downc1440
to pull downc1450
pluck1481
tumble1487
wreck1510
defacea1513
confound1523
raze1523
arase1530
to beat downc1540
ruinate1548
demolish1560
plane1562
to shovel down1563
race?1567
ruin1585
rape1597
unwall1598
to bluster down16..
raise1603
level1614
debolish1615
unbuilda1616
to make smooth work of1616
slight1640
to knock down1776
squabash1822
collapse1883
to turn over1897
mash1924
rubble1945
to take apart1978
1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 368 That the works may be slighted, and the places dismantled.
1667 W. Temple Let. to Ld. Holles in Wks. (1720) II. 37 When the Works were about half slighted,..came seven or eight hundred French Horse.
1698 tr. F. Froger Relation Voy. Coasts Afr. 28 A Council was held to determine, whether the Fort should be kept or slighted.
1974 Country Life 28 Mar. 747/3 In March 1645–46, Parliament gave orders that Corfe [Castle] should be slighted.
1976 E. N. Luttwak Grand Strategy of Roman Empire ii. 57 It was standard practice to slight the defenses once the site was left.
1977 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 24 Dec. 1619/1 Mrs Barbara Castle shattered the political confidence of consultants as effectively as Henry II slighted his opponents' strongholds.
figurative.1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 187 Till you have overcome your enemie and sleighted his workes.1676 R. Cudworth Serm. 1 Cor. xv. 71 Christ our Lord..slighted and dismantled that mighty Garrison.
3.
a. To treat with indifference or disrespect; to pay little or no attention or heed to; to disregard, disdain, ignore.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > pay little attention, slight
neglect1529
flightc1571
slight1600
slighten1605
forgo1858
cold-shoulder1872
to shrug (something) off or aside1909
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] > by disregarding
forsee971
forgendera1387
neglect1529
unregard1545
misregard1582
slight1600
slighten1605
cold-shoulder1872
α.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. ii. 93 Heare your owne dignity so much prophan'd, See your most dreadfull lawes so loosely slighted . View more context for this quotation
1619 M. Drayton Odes in Poems (new ed.) 300 The time I knew She slighted you, When I was in her fauour.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 131 The Count slighted his Excommunication, conceiving his Head too high for Church-Censures to reach it.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. l. 225 He..told me, that he had taken much Pains to serve me, but that I slighted his Service.
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 419 We slight the precious kernel of the stone, And toil to polish its rough coat alone.
1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 245 He delighted in the conversation of men of science,..but the men of letters he slighted.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 30 The confidences of lovely women are not to be slighted.
β. 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 84 Like him which in haste sleighteth his good friends.1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 120 Neither is that to bee sleighted here which wee find in the letters of David.1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity iii. iv. 333 Do my Souldiers think thus to Sleight my Royal Orders?
†b. To put off disdainfully. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > reject contemptuously
spurnc1000
defyc1320
refusec1350
to kick against or ata1425
spurn1526
asperne1548
explodea1552
to cast (also throw) at one's heels1555
mock1558
foot1600
outscout1602
slighta1616
scout1710
stuff1955
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > rebuff
rebut1488
reject1529
counterbuff1579
rebuffa1586
repel1593
slighta1616
to blow off1631
squab1812
respue1818
snout1916
stiff-arm1927
to knock back1930
to brush off1941
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 57 Wherein my Letters, praying on his side,..was slighted off. View more context for this quotation
1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 66 Many gulls and gallants we may heare sometimes slight off Death with a iest, when they think it out of hearing.
†c. To throw contemptuously. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt > throw contemptuously
slighta1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 8 The rogues slighted [1602 slided] me into the riuer with as little remorse, as they would haue drown'de a blinde bitches Puppies. View more context for this quotation
†d. intransitive with at. To be indifferent. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > indifference > be indifferent or show indifference to [verb (transitive)]
keepc1175
to give (little, nought, etc.) ofc1300
care1526
to cast one's cap at1546
value1591
slight1618
perfunctorize1866
not to give (also care) a fuck1879
to give a motherfuck1967
1618 G. Wither Juvenilia (1633) 538 When to bar me ought He sees it fit, He doth infuse a Mind to sleight at it.
4. To gloss or pass (a thing) over carelessly or with indifference. ? Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > pass over without adequate attention
skip1412
slip1513
to run over ——1577
overtripa1583
scanta1616
slight1620
slur1660
slur1725
1620 R. Waller in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. II. 248 Though I coniectured the busynes yet I sleighted it ouer with a kinde of pretended ignorance.
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 470 This his Majestie takes for an high point of his Soveraigntie, and will not have it slighted over in any fashion whatsoever.
1656 H. Phillippes Purchasers Pattern (ed. 3) 144 But this must not alwayes be so slighted over, lest you run into great errour.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. x. 216 I lodge a complaint before you, as a magistrate, and you will find it serious to slight it over.
5. dialect. To do (work) carelessly or negligently.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness > specific work or a task
scamp1837
sham1848
slight1854
slum1865
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 246 Slip-string ways, careless, slovenly ways; applied almost exclusively to servants who slight their work.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† 'Slightint.

Etymology: Euphemistically shortened < God's light int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a).
Obsolete.
= God's light int. at god n. and int. Phrases 3b(a), used as a petty oath or exclamation.
ΘΠ
the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > religious oaths (referring to God) > miscellaneous
depardieuc1290
by God's namec1330
by God's roodc1330
by God's eyes1340
God's soul1345
for God's sakec1386
cock's soulc1405
God's armsc1405
by God's dooma1425
(by) (God's) nailsa1500
by God's fast?1515
God's lord?1520
God's sacramenta1529
God's dominusc1530
by God's crown1535
God's bread1535
God's gown1535
God's guts1543
of God's word?1550
God's hat1569
Gods me1570
marry (a) Godc1574
God's malt1575
God's ludd?1577
God's sacring?1577
God's sokinges?1577
trunnion?1577
(by) God's will1579
God's teeth1580
'Shearta1596
God's light1598
by God's me1599
'Snails1599
'Slight1600
God's diggers1602
'Swill1602
od's mea1616
od's my lifea1616
'Sprecious1631
'Sbores1640
odso1660
for sake('s) sake1665
Gad's precious1677
heartlikins1677
od1681
'Sdiggers1687
(Lord) love you (also your heart)1707
God's fury1748
heartikins1751
S'fire1791
nom de Dieu1848
'strewth1892
Lord lumme1895
lumme1898
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor ii. iii. sig. Giv S'light and it had come but foure daies sooner. View more context for this quotation
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Plays (1873) I. 119 Slight hence, the olde knight comes.
1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden ii. ii 'Slight here's Sir John.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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