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Synonyms for mite

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahyt
Phonetic Transcription : maɪt

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Définition of mite

Origin :
  • "tiny animal, minute arachnid," Old English mite, from Proto-Germanic *miton (cf. Middle Dutch mite, Dutch mijt, Old High German miza, Danish mide) originally meaning perhaps "the cutter," in reference to its bite, from Proto-Germanic *mait- (cf. Gothic maitan, Old High German meizen "to cut"), from PIE root *mai- "to cut" (see maim). Or else its original sense is "something small," and it is from PIE *mei- "small," in reference to size (see minus).
  • noun small insect
Example sentences :
  • "It's not the least mite I'm blaming you, honey," said Katy.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • An' you needn't, dear; for nothin' between us is changed a mite.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • I'll take one of 'em, if you say so, or I'll own it don't make a mite o' difference whose they be.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • "Don't you worry one mite about me," she replied, in an even voice.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • I shouldn't wonder a mite if you'd got some o' them stomach troubles along with your cold.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • "You go an' git him a mite o' water," whispered Dilly, when they had finished.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • John doesn't know she came—Amelia never makes a mite of trouble!
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • If they had been boys, they might have been some use on her mite of a farm.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various
  • You go back to school, like a sensible girl, and don't you worry a mite.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • You're always sailin' into me if I stretch a yarn the least mite.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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