sleight
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sleight¹
- /slaɪt/
Sounds like slight · Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
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.
noun sleights
- Cunning; craft; artful practice.
- An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation. If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?
- Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
Sleight²
proper noun
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
noun cunning; craft; artful practice
| Deutsch | List, Gerissenheit, Raffinement, Raffinesse, Täuschung |
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noun an artful trick; sly artifice; dexterous feat
| Deutsch | Trick, Täuschung, Taschenspielertrick, Zauberei, Volte |
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noun dexterous practice; dexterity; skill
| Deutsch | Geschicklichkeit, Geschick, Fingerfertigkeit |
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title = {sleight},
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