mite
Plural: mites
Noun
- A very small arachnid; also, a very small amount or coin.
- a slight but appreciable amount
- any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
- Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari).
- A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
- A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
- A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
- Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.
- A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal.
Verb
- Eye dialect spelling of might.
Examples
- a mite
- Every MITE of advantage counts in a close Words With Friends game.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
hint, jot, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch, ace, agitator, atom, aught, bad boy, bad news, bear, bhoy, bissel, bit, blackguard, booger, boot boy, bovver boy, brat, brawler, breedbate, buffoon, bugger, bully, charva, crumb, cutup, dab, damn, dash, devil, diddly, dot, drop, dusting, elf, enfant terrible, firebrand, fleck, flip, flyspeck, gadfly, glimpse, glint, grain, halfpennyworth, hell-raiser, hood, hoodlum, hool, hoolie, hooligan, hothead, imp, inch, inciter, initiator, instigator, iota, jackanapes, joker, jokester, kindle-coal, kindle-fire, knave, lick, lout, makebate, minx, mischief, mischief-maker, miscreant, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ne'er-do-well, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pixie, pot stirrer, practical joker, prankster, puck, rabble rouser, rakeshame, rantipole, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, roly-poly, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scantling, scapegrace, scent, scintilla, scooch, scoundrel, scrap, scruple, semblance, shit disturber, shit-stirrer, shitmonger, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, spatter, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tearaway, thug, tidbit, tidge, titivil, tittle, toddick, tough, trace, trifle, troublemaker, tuppence worth, undesirable, vandal, wag, wagpastie, whiff, whit, wrangler, yob, yobbo
Scrabble Score: 6
mite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary