sleight

Signification (Anglais)

  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.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

Fréquence

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/slaɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

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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