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prettygoodword) wrote2014-07-31 07:17 am
prettygoodword) wrote2014-07-31 07:17 am
sleekit
sleekit (SLEE-kit) - adj., smooth, slick, glossy; unctuous, specious, flattering; cunning, sly, crafty.
Best known from the first line of a famous Burns poem. Primarily Scots usage, as it's the Scots form of sleeked, the past participle of to sleek, a verb otherwise all-but-dropped from the language meaning to make sleek, a variant of slick dating to the 16th century. I find the metaphoric extensions of interest.
---L.
Best known from the first line of a famous Burns poem. Primarily Scots usage, as it's the Scots form of sleeked, the past participle of to sleek, a verb otherwise all-but-dropped from the language meaning to make sleek, a variant of slick dating to the 16th century. I find the metaphoric extensions of interest.
---L.