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dinky
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??ki/
- Rhymes: -??ki
Etymology 1
1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; +? -y.
Adjective
dinky (comparative dinkier, superlative dinkiest)
- (informal, Britain) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
- 1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of the Island, ch. 11
- How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky.
- 1915, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of the Island, ch. 11
- (informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.
- They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:tiny
Translations
Etymology 2
cf. DINK
Noun
dinky (plural dinkies)
- A person in a relationship with double income and no kids
Anagrams
- kindy
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petite
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French petite f, feminine of petit m (“small, little”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??ti?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Adjective
petite (comparative more petite, superlative most petite)
- (especially of a woman) fairly short and of slim build.
- (clothing) of small size.
- Small, little; insignificant; petty.
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
- The Earth, the Sun, and Stars, what things are they in nature? are they petite things not worth our notice, or grand and worthy of consideration?
- 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
Derived terms
- petite perception
Related terms
- petitely
- petiteness
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “petite”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Pettie, Piette
Esperanto
Adverb
petite
- past adverbial passive participle of peti
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p(?).tit/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /p(?).tit/, /p(?).t?s?t/
Adjective
petite
- feminine singular of petit
Latin
Verb
petite
- second-person plural present active imperative of pet?
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