sleight

Definitions


[slʌɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the use of dexterity or cunning, especially so as to deceive
(e.g: except by sleight of logic, the two positions cannot be harmonized)


Phrases:
- sleight of hand

Origin:
Middle English sleghth ‘cunning, skill’, from Old Norse slœgth, from slœgr ‘sly’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries