n. [ Ope + tide. ] Open time; -- applied to different things: (a) The early spring, or the time when flowers begin opening. [ Archaic ] Nares. (b) The time between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday wherein marriages were formerly solemnized publicly in churches. [ Eng. ] (c) The time after harvest when the common fields are open to all kinds of stock. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ Written also opentide. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖a. [ F., fem. of petit. ] Small, little; -- used especially of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure; as, her petite figure. Syn. -- bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, tiny. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[dek] (n) EN: child ; infant ; baby ; kid (inf.) ; youngster ; boy ; girlFR: enfant [ m, f ] ; bébé [ m ] ; gamin [ m ] ; gamine [ f ] ; garçon [ m ] ; garçonnet [ m ] ; fille [ f ] ; fillette [ f ] ; petit [ m ] ; petite [ f ] ; moutard [ m ] (fam.) ; gosse (fam.) [ m ] ; môme [ m ] ; lardon [ m ] (fam.) ; loupiot [ m ] (fam.) ; loupiote [ f ] (fam.) ; bambin [