petit (comparative more petit, superlative most petit)
(now, uncommon, of size) Petite: small, little.
And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion?
Petty, in its various senses
(obsolete) Few in number.
(now, uncommon, of objects) Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.
(legal, of scale) Small, minor.
(now, rare) Secondary; lower in rank.
petit (plural petits)
(obsolete, usually, in the plural) A little schoolboy.
(obsolete, rare) A kind of pigeon.
petit (uncountable)
(printing, dated, French and German contexts) synonym of brevier.
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A surname.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pet"it, a. Etym: [F. See Petty.]
Definition: Small; little; insignificant; mean; -- Same as Petty. [Obs., except in legal language.] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. South. Petit constable, an inferior civil officer, subordinate to the high constable.
– Petit jury, a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; -- so called in distinction from the grand jury.
– Petit larceny, the stealing of goods of, or under, a certain specified small value; -- opposed to grand larceny. The distinction is abolished in England.
РPetit mątre (. Etym: [F., lit., little master.] A fop; a coxcomb; a ladies' man. Goldsmith.
– Petit serjeanty (Eng. Law), the tenure of lands of the crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc.
– Petit treason, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
