Associations to the word «Petite»

Wiktionary

PETITE, adjective. Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build.
PETITE, adjective. Of women's clothing: of small size.
PETITE, adjective. Small, little; insignificant; petty.
PETITE BOURGEOISIE, noun. (historical) (18th to 19th century) the lower middle class

Dictionary definition

PETITE, noun. A garment size for short or slender women.
PETITE, adjective. Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope