sleighty
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sleighty; equivalent to sleight + -y.
Adjective
sleighty (comparative more sleighty, superlative most sleighty)
- (obsolete) cunning; sly
- 1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden
- You might sit in your Mount, and angle a peckled Trout, or sleighty Eele.
- 1615, W. Lawson, Country Housewifes Garden
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sleighty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Leightys, Lightsey
Middle English
Alternative forms
- slegti, sleiȝti, sleiȝty, sleihti, sleyghty, sleythi, sliȝty
Etymology
From sleighte + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslixtiː/, /ˈsliːxtiː/, /ˈslɛi̯xtiː/
Adjective
sleighty
- sly, sneaky, clever
Descendants
- English: sleighty (obsolete)
References
- “sleightī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-06-05.