SLIGHT
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Slight (?), n. Sleight. Spenser.
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Slight, v. t. [Cf. D. slechten to level, to demolish.] 1. To overthrow; to demolish. [Obs.] Clarendon.
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2. To make even or level. [Obs.] Hexham.
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3. To throw heedlessly. [Obs.]
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The rogue slighted me into the river.
Shak.
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Slight (?), a. [Compar. Slighter (?); superl. Slightest.] [OE. sli&unr_;t, sleght, probably from OD. slicht, slecht, simple, plain, D. slecht; akin to OFries. sliucht, G. schlecht, schlicht, OHG. sleht smooth, simple, Icel. sl&unr_;ttr smooth, Sw. sl&ä;t, Goth. slaíhts; or uncertain origin.] 1. Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like. “At one slight bound.” Milton.
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Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
Pope.
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Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
Locke.
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2. Not stout or heavy; slender.
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His own figure, which was formerly so slight.
Sir W. Scott.
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3. Foolish; silly; weak in intellect. Hudibras.
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Slight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Slighting.] To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. Milton.
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The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
Cowper.
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To slight off, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme. “They will but slight it over.” Bacon.
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Syn. -- To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn. -- Slight, Neglect. To slight is stronger than to neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in other concerns. To slight is always a positive and intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no longer.
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Beware . . . lest the like befall . . .
If they transgress and slight that sole command.
Milton.
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This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
Milton.
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Slight, n. The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
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Syn. -- Neglect; disregard; inattention; contempt; disdain; scorn; disgrace; indignity; disparagement.
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Slight, adv. Slightly. [Obs. or Poetic]
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Think not so slight of glory.
Milton.
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