English Explanatory Dictionary

sleight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
  3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/slaɪt/

Word forms

sleight sleights

Etymology

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.

Related words

sleight of hand sleightly sleighty

Derived words

sleightful
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