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sleekit

sleekit adjective: specious, flattering; cunning.

Adjective

sleekit (comparative more sleekit, superlative most sleekit)

  1. (Scotland) Specious, flattering; cunning.
    • ‘Damn your impudence, Duror,’ he said. ‘You're a sleekit one all right.’1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 19
    • They were not sleakit and did not knife ye, that was one thing. They were not fly men cheaters.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 390

Forms of sleekit

comparativemore sleekit
superlativemost sleekit

Origin of sleekit

From Scots sleekit, Scottish form of sleeked. Compare slick, sleek.

Questions about sleekit

What does sleekit mean?
Sleekit means specious, flattering; cunning.
What part of speech is sleekit?
Sleekit is an adjective.

Words near sleekit in the dictionary

  1. sleekier
  2. sleekiest
  3. sleeking
  4. sleekings
  5. sleekish
  6. sleekit
  7. sleekly
  8. sleekness
  9. sleeknesses
  10. sleeks
  11. sleekstone

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