slightenv.

Forms: Also 1600s sleighten.

Etymology: < slight adj. and adv. or slight v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslighten.

rare.

1. transitive. = slight v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > pay little attention, slight

neglect1529

flightc1571

slight1600

slighten1605

forgo1858

cold-shoulder1872

to shrug (something) off or aside1909

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] > by disregarding

forsee971

forgendera1387

neglect1529

unregard1545

misregard1582

slight1600

slighten1605

cold-shoulder1872

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 901 It is an odious wisdome, to blaspheme, Much more to slighten, or deny their powers.

1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iv. sig. G4 Shee..Sleightens his loue, and he abandons hers.

1646 D. Featley Καταβαπτισται Καταπτυστοι 37 The custome of our Mother the Church..is no way to be slightned [1645 sleighted] or rejected.

2. To make smaller or more slight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (transitive)]

slenderize1923

slighten1954

1954 P. Toynbee Friends Apart vii. 90 Dysentery..had thinned his face and slightened his broad body.

Derivatives

ˈslightening adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adjective]

respectless1591

unrespecting1592

unrespective1593

unrespectful1595

unfestival1603

disrespective1623

irrespective1640

cavalier1657

disrespectfula1677

irrespectuose1677

irrespectful1678

undervaluing-like1782

slightening1916

1916 A. Quiller-Couch Art of Reading (1920) i. 14 God forbid that anyone should hint a slightening word of what our sons and brothers are doing just now.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	slighten
释义	slightenv. Forms: Also 1600s sleighten. Etymology: < slight adj. and adv. or slight v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈslighten. rare. 1. transitive. = slight v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > pay little attention, slight neglect1529 flightc1571 slight1600 slighten1605 forgo1858 cold-shoulder1872 to shrug (something) off or aside1909 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] > by disregarding forsee971 forgendera1387 neglect1529 unregard1545 misregard1582 slight1600 slighten1605 cold-shoulder1872 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 901 It is an odious wisdome, to blaspheme, Much more to slighten, or deny their powers. View more context for this quotation 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore iv. sig. G4 Shee..Sleightens his loue, and he abandons hers. 1646 D. Featley Καταβαπτισται Καταπτυστοι 37 The custome of our Mother the Church..is no way to be slightned [1645 sleighted] or rejected. 2. To make smaller or more slight. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > slim [verb (transitive)] slenderize1923 slighten1954 1954 P. Toynbee Friends Apart vii. 90 Dysentery..had thinned his face and slightened his broad body. Derivatives ˈslightening adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adjective] respectless1591 unrespecting1592 unrespective1593 unrespectful1595 unfestival1603 disrespective1623 irrespective1640 cavalier1657 disrespectfula1677 irrespectuose1677 irrespectful1678 undervaluing-like1782 slightening1916 1916 A. Quiller-Couch Art of Reading (1920) i. 14 God forbid that anyone should hint a slightening word of what our sons and brothers are doing just now. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1605
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