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mite.

Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/maɪt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acari (syn. Acarina).

  2. A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.

  3. A lepton, a small coin used in Judea in the time of Christ.

  4. A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.

  5. Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

    adverbial · sometimes
    a mite

  6. A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.

    colloquial · often
Where this word comes from

From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).

verb/maɪt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation

  1. Eye dialect spelling of might.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English mite, from Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”), from Proto-West Germanic *mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Akin to Old High German mīza (“mite”), Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”), Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”), Danish mide (“mite”).

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