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peat
English
Etymology 1
Late Middle English, from British Vulgar Latin peta, probably ultimately from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *pe? (“portion, segment, piece”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pi?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
- Homophone: Pete
Noun
peat (countable and uncountable, plural peats)
- Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]
Derived terms
- peat bog, peatbog
- peaty
Translations
Further reading
- peat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Compare pet (“a favourite”).
Noun
peat (plural peats)
- (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, I. i. 78 :
- And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat!
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, I. i. 78 :
References
- Kuhn, Sherman (1982): Middle English Dictionary, Part 3, p. 880
Anagrams
- PETA, Paet, Pate, Peta, epta-, pate, peta-, pâté, tape, tepa
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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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