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slightsome

slightsome adjective: characterised or marked by slight; scornful.

Adjective

slightsome (comparative more slightsome, superlative most slightsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by slight; scornful
    • "I consider such, remarks as onnecessary [sic] and slightsome," replied Dinah, with a scornful toss of her head; [...]1894, Edward Sylvester Ellis, The Great Cattle Trail
    • Nor a drop of rain nor even the wind stirring the most slightsome leaf.2007, Ron Rash, The World Made Straight

Forms of slightsome

comparativemore slightsome
superlativemost slightsome

Origin of slightsome

From slight + -some.

Questions about slightsome

What does slightsome mean?
Slightsome means characterised or marked by slight; scornful.
What part of speech is slightsome?
Slightsome is an adjective.

Words near slightsome in the dictionary

  1. slightly enriched uranium
  2. slightly-enriched uranium
  3. slightness
  4. slightnesses
  5. slights
  6. slightsome
  7. slightually
  8. slighty
  9. Sligo
  10. Sligoman
  11. Sligomen

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