sleight
noun
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Pronunciation: /slaɪt/
name
- A surname.
noun
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.
- 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.