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svelte

adj
/ˈsvɛlt/

Etymology

From French svelte, from Italian svelto (“stretched out”), past participle of svellere (“to pluck out, root out”), from Vulgar Latin *exvellere, from ex + vellere (“to pluck, stretch”).

  1. derived from *exvellere✻
  2. derived from svelto
  3. borrowed from svelte

Definitions

  1. Attractively thin

    Attractively thin; gracefully slender.

    • My first priority was to help Trumps lose her pudgy look and gain a healthier, svelter size.

  2. Refined, delicate.

    • At 61, Bryant looks good – smart and svelte in an electric blue suit, youthful, a full head of hair except for a white scar at the back that looks like a side door into his brain.

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Derived

sveltely, svelteness, unsvelte

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA