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sleighty

English

Etymology

sleight +? -y

Adjective

sleighty (comparative more sleighty, superlative most sleighty)

  1. (obsolete) cunning; sly
    • 1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden
      You might sit in your Mount, and angle a peckled Trout, or sleighty Eele.

Anagrams

  • Leightys, Lightsey

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • slei?ti, slei?ty, sli?ty, sleihti, sleythi, sleyghty, slegti

Etymology

From sleight +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?slixti?/, /?sl?i?xti?/

Adjective

sleighty

  1. sly, sneaky, clever

Descendants

  • English: sleighty (obsolete)

References

  • “sleight?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.

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sleights

English

Noun

sleights

  1. plural of sleight

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