Lexic.us

Definition of Mite

1. Noun. A slight but appreciable amount. "This dish could use a touch of garlic"

2. Noun. Any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods.

Definition of Mite

1. n. A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.

Definition of Mite

1. a small arachnid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mite

1. 1. A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina. 2. [D. Mijt; prob. The same word] A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. The name is also applied to a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. "Two mites, which make a farthing." (Mark xii. 49) 3. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. 4. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. "For in effect they be not worth a myte." (Chaucer) Origin: AS. Mite mite (in sense 1); akin to LG. Mite, D. Mijt, G. Miete, OHG. Miza; cf. Goth. Maitan to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mite

misyoking MIT MIT mitch mitched Mitchell Mitchell Mitchell's disease Mitchell's treatment Mitchella

Mitchella repens mitches mitching Mitchum mite (current term) mite (current term) mite-borne typhus mite-born typhus mitella Mitella

Mitella diphylla Mitella pentandra miter mitered miterer miterers mitering miters miterwort miterwort

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