sleight
Meaning
- (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.
Synonyms
manual dexterity
Translations
habilidad
abilità
Geschicklichkeit
habileté
επιτηδειότης
manyaFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/slaɪt/
Etymology
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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