Found 2 hits - Term: slighter, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slight \slight\, a. compar. slighter; superl. slightest.
oe. sli?t, sleght, probably from od. slicht, slecht, simple,
plain, d. slecht; akin to ofries. sliucht, g. schlecht,
schlicht, ohg. sleht smooth, simple, icel. sl?ttr smooth, sw.
slaumt, goth. sla'ihts; or uncertain origin.
1. not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable;
unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; --
applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight
i. e., feeble effort; a slight i. e., perishable
structure; a slight i. e., not deep impression; a slight
i. e., not convincing argument; a slight i. e., not
thorough examination; slight i. e., not severe pain,
and the like. "at one slight bound." --milton.
1913 webster
slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
--pope.
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some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
--locke.
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2. not stout or heavy; slender.
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his own figure, which was formerly so slight. --sir
w. scott.
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3. foolish; silly; weak in intellect. --hudibras.
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see also:
slighter slightest
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
slighter \slight"er\, n.
one who slights.
1913 webster
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