sleight

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/slaɪt/

Definition of sleight

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Cunning; craft; artful practice.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  2. (countable)An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
    “If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?”
  3. (countable, uncountable)Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.

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