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Slight

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname from Middle English.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from Middle English.

Etymology

Scottish surname from Middle English slight (“smooth; slim, slender, skinny”), a nickname for a slim or skinny person.

Forms

plural
Slights
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