sleight

Definition

Cunning; craft; artful practice.

Etymology

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.

Example Sentences

• "If men have so many sleights to compass their matters, how can the compasser himself hold his fingers?"