petiteness


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pe·tite

(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·tite′ness n.
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petiteness

(pəˈtiːtnəs)
n
the condition of being petite or small and slight
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Noun 1. [画像:petiteness - the property of being very small in size]petiteness - the property of being very small in size; "hence the minuteness of detail in the painting"
littleness, smallness - the property of having a relatively small size
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