pe·tite 
(pə-tēt)
(pə-tēt)adj.
1. Short and slender: This rack of clothing is for petite women.
2. Small in size or scope; tiny: “a bagel that is fairly petite by today's standards” (Ed Levine). See Synonyms at small.
n.
A clothing size for short, slender women.
[French, feminine of petit, from Middle French, from Old French; see PETIT.]
pe·titeness n.
- Indo-European root: pū̆-
- Indo-European root: pəter-
- Indo-European root: re-
- Indo-European root: reg-
- Indo-European root: rei-
- Indo-European root: reidh-
- Indo-European root: reig-
- Indo-European root: rep-
- Indo-European root: ret-
- Indo-European root: reudh-
- Indo-European root: reug-
- Indo-European root: reup-
- Indo-European root: reuə-
- Indo-European root: rē-
- Indo-European root: rēd-
- Indo-European root: r̥tko-
- Indo-European root: sak-
- Indo-European root: sal-
- Indo-European root: sed-
- Indo-European root: segh-
- Indo-European root: sek-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sekw-
- Indo-European root: sel-