petite \pe*tite"\, a. [F., fem. of petit.]
Small, little; -- used especially of a woman or girl, of
small size and trim figure; as, her petite figure.
Syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, tiny.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
petite \pe*tite"\, n. [F., fem. of petit.]
1. A size category of women's clothing, for women with less
than average height.
[PJC]
2. An aricle of women's clothing classified in the
petite[1] size category.
[PJC]
3. A girl or woman whose figure is best fit by a petite[1]
garment.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
petite
adj : very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
[syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
tiny, flyspeck]
n : a garment size for short or slender women
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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