sleekit

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adjective

Specious, flattering; cunning.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivesleekit (comparative more sleekit, superlative most sleekit)

comparative more sleekit · superlative most sleekit

  1. ScotlandSpecious, flattering; cunning.

    ‘Damn your impudence, Duror,’ he said. ‘You're a sleekit one all right.’

    1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 19
    1 more example

    They were not sleakit and did not knife ye, that was one thing. They were not fly men cheaters.

    2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 390

Origin

  1. Scotssleekit
  2. Englishsleekit

From Scots sleekit, Scottish form of sleeked. Compare slick, sleek.

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APA

sleekit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleekit

MLA

“sleekit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleekit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleekit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleekit.

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