sleck

Etymology

From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva (“to extinguish, quench, slake”), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną, *slakwijaną (“to slake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lēg- (“weak, faint, limp”). Cognate with Old English sleċċan, slæċċan (“to make slack or slow, delay”).

sleck means to slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

SLECK — [Verb] To slake, quench, or extinguish (as thirst or fire); also, to groan from being overloaded with food. From Middle English slecken, slekken, from Old Norse slekkja, sløkkva ("to extinguish, quench"), from Proto-Germanic *slakjaną ("to slacken, slake"), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)lēg- ("weak, faint, limp"). Unlike "slake," which implies a gentle abatement of specific intensity, or "quench," which denotes a robust and common extinguishing, "sleck" is an archaic fusion of relief and surfeit. It is the hiss and steam as a bucket is emptied over embers; the cool, profound silence in the throat after a long draught from a well; and the low, corporeal sigh from a body stretched by its own abundance—the audible truth that every fulfillment contains its own quiet extinction.

verb

To slake; allay; cool; quench; extinguish.
To groan when overloaded with food; sigh with repletion.