■ adjective
1》 small in degree; inconsiderable.
↘not profound or substantial.
2》 not sturdy and strongly built.
■ verb
1》 insult (someone) by treating them without proper respect or attention.
2》 archaic raze or destroy (a fortification).
■ noun an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
~ish adjective
~ness noun
Origin
ME: from ON sléttr (adjective) 'smooth' (an early sense in Engl.), slétta (v.), of Gmc origin.