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slightsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From slight + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by slight; scornful
   • Nor a drop of rain nor even the wind stirring the most slightsome leaf. 2007, Ron Rash, The World Made Straight:
   • "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:

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