slight

The definition of slight is a small amount or someone that is fragile or has little weight or substance.

(adjective)

An example of slight used as an adjective is a slight sunburn which is a small amount of sunburn.
An example of slight used as an adjective is the phrase slight build which is a very thin person.

See slight in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

1. light in form or build; not stout or heavy; slender
2. frail; fragile
having little weight, strength, substance, or significance: a slight criticism
small in amount or extent; not great or intense: a slight fever

Origin: ME (northern dial.) sliht < OE, kin to OHG sleht, straight, smooth: for IE base see slick

transitive verb

noun

a slighting or being slighted by pointedly indifferent, disrespectful, or supercilious treatment

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See slight in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective slight·er, slight·est

Small in size, degree, or amount: a slight tilt; a slight surplus.
Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail: a slight foundation; slight evidence.
Of small importance or consideration; trifling: slight matters.
Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.

transitive verb slight·ed, slight·ing, slights

noun

The act or an instance of slighting.
A deliberate discourtesy; a snub: “It is easier to recount grievances and slights than it is to set down a broad redress of such grievances and slights” (Elizabeth Kenny).

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Origin: Middle English, slender, smooth

Origin: , possibly of Scandinavian origin; see lei- in Indo-European roots

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