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PETITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A garment size for short or slender women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("petite" is a kind of...):
size (the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing))
Derivation:
petite (very small)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very small
Example:
the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
Synonyms:
bantam; diminutive; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny
Classified under:
Similar:
little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
petite (a garment size for short or slender women)
petiteness (the property of being very small in size)
Context examples:
“Hola! there is la petite peeping from behind the door. A toi, aussi, ma petite! Mon Dieu! but the lass has a good color!”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ah, mes petites!
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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