sleight
Senso (Inglese)
- (countable, uncountable) Cunning; craft; artful practice.
- (countable) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
- (countable, uncountable) Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
Concetti
sinonimi
manual dexterity
Traduzioni
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/slaɪt/
Etimologia (Inglese)
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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