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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats