sleekit
English
Adjective
sleekit (comparative more sleekit, superlative most sleekit)
- (Scotland) Specious, flattering; cunning.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 19:
- ‘Damn your impudence, Duror,’ he said. ‘You're a sleekit one all right.’
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 390:
- They were not sleakit and did not knife ye, that was one thing. They were not fly men cheaters.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 19:
Scots
Etymology
Participle adjective of sleek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslikɪt/
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