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petite /pəˈtiːt /adjective(Of a woman) attractively small and dainty: she was petite and vivacious...- A set of feet came quickly down the staircase, letting into view the figure of a petite woman in a loose white dress.
- The young lady was petite and delicate featured.
- She was petite with delicate features and hands that seemed to be ageless.
Synonyms small, dainty, diminutive, slight, little, tiny, elfin, delicate, small-boned; Scottish wee informal pint-sized British informal dinky Origin Late 18th century: French, feminine of petit 'small'. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat |