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petite
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun petite has 1 sense
- petite(n = noun.attribute) Array - a garment size for short or slender women; Array is a kind of size
Derived form adjective petite1
Adjective petite has 1 sense
- petite(s = adj.all) bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, lilliputian, midget, tiny - very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" Derived forms noun petite1, noun petiteness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
petite, a. [F., fem. of petit.].
Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
petite, adj. (of a woman) of small and dainty build.
Idiom
petite bourgeoisie the lower middle classes.
Etymology
F, fem. of PETIT
THESAURUS
petite
bantam, cramped, dainty, delicate, diminutive, dinky, dwarf, exiguous, half-pint, knee-high, lilliputian, limited, little, miniature, monkey, one-horse, piddling, pindling, pint-sized, poky, puny, short, slight, small, smallish, tiny, two-by-four, wee
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