petty
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French petit, from Gallo-Latin pitittus (akin to pitinnus, pitulus), from Gaulish, from *pito 'tip' (cf. Welsh pid 'tip', Breton pidenn 'penis') and -ittos diminutive suffix.
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- Rhymes: -ɛti
[edit] Adjective
petty (comparative pettier or more petty, superlative pettiest or most petty)
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- Little, trifling, or inconsiderable, as a petty fault.
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- See also Wikisaurus:insignificant
[edit] Translations
Little, trifling, or inconsiderable, as a petty fault
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[edit] See also
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- petty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- petty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911