mite
noun /maɪt/
/maɪt/
- [countable] a very small creature like a spider that lives in soil, on plants or animals, or inside houses in carpets, etc.
- house dust mites
- [countable] a small child or animal, especially one that you feel sorry for
- Poor little mite!
- a mite[singular] (old-fashioned) (used as an adverb) a little; rather
- The place looked a mite expensive.
- a mite of something[singular] (old-fashioned) a small amount of something
- Show a mite of respect.
Word Originsense 1 Old English mīte, of Germanic origin.senses 2 to 3 late Middle English (denoting a small Flemish copper coin): from Middle Dutch mīte; probably from the same Germanic word as mite (sense 1).