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PETITENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does petiteness mean?
• PETITENESS (noun)
The noun PETITENESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being very small in size
Familiarity information: PETITENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being very small in size
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
diminutiveness; minuteness; petiteness; tininess; weeness
Context example:
hence the minuteness of detail in the painting
Hypernyms ("petiteness" is a kind of...):
littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)
Derivation:
petite (very small)
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