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