slight

Meaning

Adj

1. Small.
2. Small.
3. Small.
4. Small.
5. Of slender build.
6. Even, smooth or level.
7. Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
8. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
9. (obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.
10. Slighting; treating with disdain.

Verb

1. To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
2. To give lesser weight or importance to.
3. To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
4. To act negligently or carelessly.
5. To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
6. (obsolete) To make even or level.
7. To throw heedlessly.

Noun

1. The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
2. (obsolete) Sleight.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/slaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).