slightsome

adj

slightsome

adj

Etymology From slight + -some.

1

Characterised or marked by slight; scornful

"I consider such, remarks as onnecessary [sic] and slightsome," replied Dinah, with a scornful toss of her head; [...]1894, Edward Sylvester Ellis, The Great Cattle Trail:
Nor a drop of rain nor even the wind stirring the most slightsome leaf.2007, Ron Rash, The World Made Straight:

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