adj.
- small in degree; inconsiderable.
▸not profound or substantial.
- not sturdy and strongly built.
v.
- insult (someone) by treating them without proper respect or attention.
- archaic raze or destroy (a fortification).
n.
an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.
Derivative
- slighting adj.
- slightingly adv.
- slightish adj.
- slightness n.
Etymology
ME: from ON sléttr (adj.) ‘smooth’ (an early sense in Engl.), slétta (v.), of Gmc origin.