petiteadj.n.

Brit.

/pəˈtiːt/, U.S.

/pəˈtit/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite.

Etymology: < French petite (late 17th cent. or earlier in specific use in sense A. 1a), feminine of petit (see petit adj.). In sense A. 3 after French petite (in petite colonie, B. Ephrussi et al. 1949, in Annales de l'Inst. Pasteur 77 64).Sense A. 1b is apparently not paralleled in French.

A. adj.

a. Of a woman or girl: of small stature and build; (formerly frequently depreciative) †slight, little (obsolete); (now usually in positive sense) attractively small, fine-boned, dainty. Also of a person's stature or figure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]

shorta900

littleOE

lowa1398

untallc1535

dwarfish1542

shrimpish1549

pygmy1592

shrubby1603

dapper1606

punya1616

runtisha1642

truss1674

sesquipedalian1741

smally1764

petite1766

elfin1796

scram1825

squibbish1826

gnomic1845

dwarf-like1850

knee-high to a grasshopper1851

underhanded1856

nanoid1857

whipping-snapping1861

scrunty1868

midget1875

short-set1883

sawed-off1887

strunty1897

munchkin1930

sawn-off1936

short-arsed1951

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > having other qualities

jadish1573

petite1766

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth

undearc897

little worthc1175

sorry1372

petitc1390

simplec1440

noughty1508

quadrant1589

weak1600

cheapa1604

patch panel1606

unprizablea1616

petite1766

Sears-Roebuck1917

1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage iv. i. 58 [Her family] are horrid company indeed, and without her would be intolerable. Ah, la petite Fanchon! she's the thing.

1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. vii. 139 Her person was petite and trivial.

a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 132 His [sc. Raphael's] women in general are either charged and heavy..or dry and petite.

1829 Young Lady's Bk. 290 The style of dress suitable to..the pretty and petite.

1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 48 I know that Florence's slender petite figure cannot compare with mine.

1901 ‘C. Holland’ Mousmé xxiii. 328 He..has referred to..their figures as ‘petite’ and Japanesy.

1935 H. Edib Clown & his Daughter vii. 33 Durnev Hanim did come in, a petite person with large innocent brown eyes and very black eyebrows.

1960 News Chron. 12 Sept. 6/1 The dress is from a newish range for the petite.

1972 M. Kaye Lively Game of Death ii. 9 Some men would probably dismiss her as ‘small’... ‘Petite’ is le mot juste.

1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) vi. 185 He is a handsome man..admirably set off by his petite and beautiful wife Anne.

b. Designating a small size in women's clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [adjective] > size

petite1929

WX1984

1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 439/2 This Stylish Coat..From Petite to Matrons' Sizes.

1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 5 Afternoon dress..in ‘petite’ sizes for the 5′2″ and under.

1992 She (BNC) Nov. 277 While every clothes store carries a petite range, there isn't one range for the taller than average woman.

2. More generally: small, little.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > on a small scale

petit1442

petita1500

petty1552

small-scale1852

one-horse1853

one-horsey1884

petitea1886

small time1915

a1886 E. Dickinson Poems (1896) i. li A modest lot, a fame petite, A brief campaign of sting and sweet Is plenty! Is enough!

1974 R. Wiebe Where is Voice coming From? 137 This gun..carriage is now nicely lacquered, the perhaps oak spokes of its petite wheels (little higher than a knee) have been recently scraped [printed scrapped].

1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 May 4/4 The eight petite (16mo) volumes contained works of genius which altered the history of German and, indeed, European literature.

3. Genetics and Molecular Biology. Designating mutant strains of certain yeasts (esp. Saccharomyces cerevisiae) characterized by the formation of small colonies, owing to defective oxidative metabolism caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA or proteins.

ΚΠ

1951 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 37 523 Such ‘petite’ mutants revert in the usual manner to negative ‘petites’ when grown in the absence of galactose.

1971 D. J. Cove Genetics viii. 115 It is possible to get mutant strains of yeast which are incapable of metabolising sugars oxidatively; such strains grow almost as well as the wild type on glucose, which they ferment, but on carbon sources such as acetate, which can only be metabolised oxidatively by the tricarboxylic acid cycle, they are unable to grow. These strains, called petite, can often be shown to be abnormal in their mitochondrial constituents.

2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 12242/2 This leads to a growth-deficit or petite-phenotype in the yeast.

B. n.

1. A small size in women's clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > size in

petite1926

W.1926

1926 Times 25 May 19/1 (advt.) All sizes from petite to grande are in stock in every conceivable shade.

1978 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. a6 (advt.) You'll find whatever you're looking for in misses (6 to 18), petites (6 to 16), juniors (5 to 13) and women's (16¹/ ₂ to 24¹/ ₂) in the brightest spring colors.

1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June 17/2 (advt.) If you're 5′4″ or under, the Myer Petites Collection has a whole range of casualwear cut and tailored to your proportions.

2. Genetics and Molecular Biology. A petite mutant strain of yeast. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the type of mutation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [adjective] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > mutation > mutant strains of yeast

petite1951

1951 Genetics 36 572 In many strains of yeast apparently non-genetic, cytochrome-deficient variants exhibiting a single strong alpha absorption band at 550 mu occur frequently (‘petites’).

1966 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 164 211 In the ‘suppressive petites,’ it has to be assumed that there is a cytoplasmic agent present and capable of supplanting the factor controlling formation of the normal system of repiratory enzymes.

1977 Molecular & Gen. Genetics 152 193 Some of these revertants become nuclear petites.

1983 J. R. S. Fincham Genetics vii. 180 Neutral petites usually lack any detectable mtDNA.

1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 8048/1 As expected, the wild-type GS122 strain generated spontaneous petites, as do most laboratory strains of S[accharomyces] cerevisiae.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	petite
释义	petiteadj.n. Brit. /pəˈtiːt/, U.S. /pəˈtit/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French petite. Etymology: < French petite (late 17th cent. or earlier in specific use in sense A. 1a), feminine of petit (see petit adj.). In sense A. 3 after French petite (in petite colonie, B. Ephrussi et al. 1949, in Annales de l'Inst. Pasteur 77 64).Sense A. 1b is apparently not paralleled in French. A. adj. 1. a. Of a woman or girl: of small stature and build; (formerly frequently depreciative) †slight, little (obsolete); (now usually in positive sense) attractively small, fine-boned, dainty. Also of a person's stature or figure. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] shorta900 littleOE lowa1398 untallc1535 dwarfish1542 shrimpish1549 pygmy1592 shrubby1603 dapper1606 punya1616 runtisha1642 truss1674 sesquipedalian1741 smally1764 petite1766 elfin1796 scram1825 squibbish1826 gnomic1845 dwarf-like1850 knee-high to a grasshopper1851 underhanded1856 nanoid1857 whipping-snapping1861 scrunty1868 midget1875 short-set1883 sawed-off1887 strunty1897 munchkin1930 sawn-off1936 short-arsed1951 the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > having other qualities jadish1573 petite1766 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth undearc897 little worthc1175 sorry1372 petitc1390 simplec1440 noughty1508 quadrant1589 weak1600 cheapa1604 patch panel1606 unprizablea1616 petite1766 Sears-Roebuck1917 1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage iv. i. 58 [Her family] are horrid company indeed, and without her would be intolerable. Ah, la petite Fanchon! she's the thing. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams I. vii. 139 Her person was petite and trivial. a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 132 His [sc. Raphael's] women in general are either charged and heavy..or dry and petite. 1829 Young Lady's Bk. 290 The style of dress suitable to..the pretty and petite. 1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 48 I know that Florence's slender petite figure cannot compare with mine. 1901 ‘C. Holland’ Mousmé xxiii. 328 He..has referred to..their figures as ‘petite’ and Japanesy. 1935 H. Edib Clown & his Daughter vii. 33 Durnev Hanim did come in, a petite person with large innocent brown eyes and very black eyebrows. 1960 News Chron. 12 Sept. 6/1 The dress is from a newish range for the petite. 1972 M. Kaye Lively Game of Death ii. 9 Some men would probably dismiss her as ‘small’... ‘Petite’ is le mot juste. 1991 M. Tully No Full Stops in India (1992) vi. 185 He is a handsome man..admirably set off by his petite and beautiful wife Anne. b. Designating a small size in women's clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [adjective] > size petite1929 WX1984 1929 Radio Times 8 Nov. 439/2 This Stylish Coat..From Petite to Matrons' Sizes. 1960 Harper's Bazaar Oct. 5 Afternoon dress..in ‘petite’ sizes for the 5′2″ and under. 1992 She (BNC) Nov. 277 While every clothes store carries a petite range, there isn't one range for the taller than average woman. 2. More generally: small, little. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > on a small scale petit1442 petita1500 petty1552 small-scale1852 one-horse1853 one-horsey1884 petitea1886 small time1915 a1886 E. Dickinson Poems (1896) i. li A modest lot, a fame petite, A brief campaign of sting and sweet Is plenty! Is enough! 1974 R. Wiebe Where is Voice coming From? 137 This gun..carriage is now nicely lacquered, the perhaps oak spokes of its petite wheels (little higher than a knee) have been recently scraped [printed scrapped]. 1991 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 May 4/4 The eight petite (16mo) volumes contained works of genius which altered the history of German and, indeed, European literature. 3. Genetics and Molecular Biology. Designating mutant strains of certain yeasts (esp. Saccharomyces cerevisiae) characterized by the formation of small colonies, owing to defective oxidative metabolism caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA or proteins. ΚΠ 1951 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 37 523 Such ‘petite’ mutants revert in the usual manner to negative ‘petites’ when grown in the absence of galactose. 1971 D. J. Cove Genetics viii. 115 It is possible to get mutant strains of yeast which are incapable of metabolising sugars oxidatively; such strains grow almost as well as the wild type on glucose, which they ferment, but on carbon sources such as acetate, which can only be metabolised oxidatively by the tricarboxylic acid cycle, they are unable to grow. These strains, called petite, can often be shown to be abnormal in their mitochondrial constituents. 2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 12242/2 This leads to a growth-deficit or petite-phenotype in the yeast. B. n. 1. A small size in women's clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > size in petite1926 W.1926 1926 Times 25 May 19/1 (advt.) All sizes from petite to grande are in stock in every conceivable shade. 1978 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. a6 (advt.) You'll find whatever you're looking for in misses (6 to 18), petites (6 to 16), juniors (5 to 13) and women's (16¹/ ₂ to 24¹/ ₂) in the brightest spring colors. 1996 Woman's Day (Sydney) 10 June 17/2 (advt.) If you're 5′4″ or under, the Myer Petites Collection has a whole range of casualwear cut and tailored to your proportions. 2. Genetics and Molecular Biology. A petite mutant strain of yeast. Frequently with distinguishing word indicating the type of mutation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > [adjective] > changes or actions of genes or chromosomes > mutation > mutant strains of yeast petite1951 1951 Genetics 36 572 In many strains of yeast apparently non-genetic, cytochrome-deficient variants exhibiting a single strong alpha absorption band at 550 mu occur frequently (‘petites’). 1966 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 164 211 In the ‘suppressive petites,’ it has to be assumed that there is a cytoplasmic agent present and capable of supplanting the factor controlling formation of the normal system of repiratory enzymes. 1977 Molecular & Gen. Genetics 152 193 Some of these revertants become nuclear petites. 1983 J. R. S. Fincham Genetics vii. 180 Neutral petites usually lack any detectable mtDNA. 1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 8048/1 As expected, the wild-type GS122 strain generated spontaneous petites, as do most laboratory strains of S[accharomyces] cerevisiae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1766
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