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Definition of Petite

1. Noun. A garment size for short or slender women.

2. Adjective. Very small. "The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

Definition of Petite

1. a. Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure.

Definition of Petite

1. Adjective. Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build. ¹

2. Adjective. Of women's clothing: of small size. ¹

3. Adjective. Small, little; insignificant; petty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petite

1. a clothing size for short women [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petite

petiolus petiolus epiglottidis petit petit bourgeois petit dejeuner petit four petit juries petit juror petit jury petit larceny

petit mal petit mal epilepsy petit mal seizure petit point petit pois petite (current term) petite bourgeoisie petite marmite petite mutant petitely

petiteness petitenesses petites petitgrain petitio petitio principii petition petitionarily petitionary petitioned

Literary usage of Petite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The "petite Église." [isoi resistance was made; and Le Coz, the President of the Council, with Grégoire and a few other bishops, protested against the ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But Louis XV. was then under the influence of Madame de Mailly, who carefully prevented any further intimacy with " la petite ..."

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