English Explanatory Dictionary

slicht

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bad, of poor quality (as, goods).

Pronunciation

/slɪxt/ /slaɪt/

Word forms

slicht slight slycht sleight schlicht

Etymology

From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, also meaning smooth or level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with Danish slet (“bad, poor, wrong”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”).

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