First Known Use: 14th century
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sleight
noun \ˈslīt\
Definition of SLEIGHT
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: deceitful craftiness; also : stratagem
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Origin of SLEIGHT
Middle English, from Old Norse slœgth, from slœgr sly — more at sly
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