See mite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Glycyphagus domesticus", "word": "common house mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Cheyletiella yasguri", "word": "dog fur mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Dermatophagoides spp.", "word": "dust mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Otodectes cynotis", "word": "ear mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "eyelash mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "feather mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Acarus siro", "word": "flour mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "follicle mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "alt": "Carpoglyphus lactis et al.", "word": "fruit mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "alt": "Glycyphagus domesticus", "word": "furniture mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "gall mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Trombicula spp.", "word": "harvest mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus", "word": "house dust mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Liponyssoides sanguineus", "word": "house mouse mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Sarcoptes scabiei", "word": "itch mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "mite box" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "mite cheese" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "moss mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "peacock mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Carpoglyphus lactis", "word": "prune mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "quill mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "rabbit ear mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Cheyletiella parasitovorax", "word": "rabbit fur mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Dermanyssus gallinae", "word": "red mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "red velvet mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "rust mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Tetranychidae spp.", "word": "spider mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "alt": "Laelaps echidnina", "word": "spiny rat mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "english": "Lepidoglyphus, Acarus, Tyrophagus, Tydeus, Cheyletus, Tarsonemus spp.", "word": "stock mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Acarus siro", "word": "storage mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Lepidoglyphus destructor", "word": "sugar mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Trombiculidae spp.", "word": "trombiculid mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Ornithonyssus bacoti", "word": "tropical rat mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "water mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "taxonomic": "Acarus siro", "word": "wheat mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "widow's mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Willamette mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "alt": "Tetranycus willamette", "word": "Willamette spider mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "alt": "Pterolichus obtusus", "word": "wing mite" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0", "alt": "Oribatidae spp.", "word": "wood mite" } ], "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "mite", "4": "", "5": "" }, "expansion": "Middle English mite", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "mīte", "t": "mite, tiny insect" }, "expansion": "Old English mīte (“mite, tiny insect”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*mītā" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mītā", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*mītǭ", "lit": "cutter", "t": "biting insect" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*mey-", "t": "small" }, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "goh", "2": "mīza", "t": "mite" }, "expansion": "Old High German mīza (“mite”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "dum", "2": "mīte", "t": "moth, mite" }, "expansion": "Middle Dutch mīte (“moth, mite”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "nl", "2": "mijt", "t": "moth, mite" }, "expansion": "Dutch mijt (“moth, mite”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "da", "2": "mide", "t": "mite" }, "expansion": "Danish mide (“mite”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "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”).", "forms": [ { "form": "mites", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "mite (plural mites)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "18 3 15 2 5 29 28", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Arabic translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "15 3 16 2 5 32 28", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Khmer translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "16 4 17 4 6 27 27", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Low German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "35 3 18 2 4 33 5", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Arachnids", "orig": "en:Arachnids", "parents": [ "Arthropods", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "37 3 16 4 6 27 7", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Mites and ticks", "orig": "en:Mites and ticks", "parents": [ "Arachnids", "Arthropods", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari)." ], "id": "en-mite-en-noun-cHUstv8E", "links": [ [ "arachnid", "arachnid" ], [ "tick", "tick" ], [ "Acarina", "Acarina#Translingual" ], [ "Acari", "Acari#Translingual" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "sūsa", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "سُوسَة" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "as", "lang": "Assamese", "roman": "sahi", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "চাহী" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "be", "lang": "Belarusian", "roman": "klješč", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "клешч" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "kǎrlež", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "кърлеж" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "akár", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ака́р" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "my", "lang": "Burmese", "roman": "rwa.", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ရွ" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "àcar" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "maz", "lang": "Central Mazahua", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ts'imexe" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "mǎn", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "蟎 /螨" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "roztoč" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "mide" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mijt" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "akaro" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "punkki" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "acarien" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ácaro" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ṭḳiṗa", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ტკიპა" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Milbe" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "gsw", "lang": "German", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "Alemannic-German", "feminine" ], "word": "Milme" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "skoulikáki", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "σκουληκάκι" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "akarí", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ἀκαρί" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "kardít", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "קרדית" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "atka" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "kukac" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ilo", "lang": "Ilocano", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "tungaw" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "tungau" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fíneog" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "acaro" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "alt": "だに, ダニ, dani", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "壁蝨" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "cay", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ចៃ" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "km", "lang": "Khmer", "roman": "mɔmʊəŋ", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "មមង់" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "jindeugi", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "진드기" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ltg", "lang": "Latgalian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ērce" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "acarus" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ērce" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "lt", "lang": "Lithuanian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "erkė" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "nds", "lang": "Low German", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Miet" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ngaoki" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "nv", "lang": "Navajo", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "yaaʼ" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "nrf", "lang": "Norman", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "Jersey", "feminine" ], "word": "mite" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "mit" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "midd" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "acarian" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "hire", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "هیره" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "roztocze" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "roztocz" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ácaro" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "acarian" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "klešč", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "клещ" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "grȉnja" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "milba" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "weška" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ácaro" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "kvalster" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "kagaw" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "akar" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "klišč", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "кліщ" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "bét" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ve" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "gwiddon" }, { "_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0 0", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine", "plural" ], "word": "euddon" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence:", "text": "One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands\nShall buy and sell the miser's lands;", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing." ], "id": "en-mite-en-noun-MqpcWBAq", "links": [ [ "circulate", "circulate" ], [ "England", "England" ], [ "farthing", "farthing" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 80 9 1 1 8", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "third of a farthing", "word": "lepto" }, { "_dis1": "1 80 9 1 1 8", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "third of a farthing", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "cianóg" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "18 3 15 2 5 29 28", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Arabic translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "15 3 16 2 5 32 28", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Khmer translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "16 4 17 4 6 27 27", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Low German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "35 3 18 2 4 33 5", "kind": "lifeform", "langcode": "en", "name": "Arachnids", "orig": "en:Arachnids", "parents": [ "Arthropods", "Animals", "Lifeforms", "All topics", "Life", "Fundamental", "Nature" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ." ], "id": "en-mite-en-noun-MLaB5dRk", "links": [ [ "lepton", "lepton" ], [ "Palestine", "Palestine" ], [ "Christ", "Christ" ] ] }, { "glosses": [ "A small weight; one twentieth of a grain." ], "id": "en-mite-en-noun-LjJCj6qO", "links": [ [ "grain", "grain" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English terms with collocations", "parents": [ "Terms with collocations", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "a mite", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1903 March 17, Mark Twain, letter to Helen Keller:", "text": "It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing — and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite — that is all he did.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:", "text": "\"Well,\" I says, \"I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.\" She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1956, Janice Holt Giles, chapter 8, in Hannah Fowler, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC; republished Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1992, →ISBN, page 69:", "text": "\"Silas, now,\" Esther Whitley had said, \"would be a good one for you, Hannah. He's a mite on the old side, but he's steady, an' he's been wed before. He knows the ways of a woman better'n some.\"", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1959, Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance, Chicago, Ill.: Rand McNally, →OCLC; Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance (ReadHowYouWant Classics Library), EasyRead large edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant, 2008, →ISBN, page 30:", "text": "Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle." ], "id": "en-mite-en-noun-s74CsTZK", "raw_glosses": [ "(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "atom" }, { "word": "speck" }, { "word": "modicum" } ], "tags": [ "adverbial", "sometimes" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "1 4 3 4 84 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "anything very small", "word": "hitunen" }, { "_dis1": "1 4 3 4 84 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "anything very small", "word": 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*mītā, from Proto-Germanic *mītǭ (“biting insect”, literally “cutter”), from *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”). 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He added his little mite — that is all he did.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:", "text": "\"Well,\" I says, \"I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.\" She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1956, Janice Holt Giles, chapter 8, in Hannah Fowler, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, →OCLC; republished Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1992, →ISBN, page 69:", "text": "\"Silas, now,\" Esther Whitley had said, \"would be a good one for you, Hannah. He's a mite on the old side, but he's steady, an' he's been wed before. He knows the ways of a woman better'n some.\"", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1959, Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance, Chicago, Ill.: Rand McNally, →OCLC; Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance (ReadHowYouWant Classics Library), EasyRead large edition, U.S.A.: ReadHowYouWant, 2008, →ISBN, page 30:", "text": "Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle." ], "raw_glosses": [ "(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "atom" }, { "word": "speck" }, { "word": "modicum" } ], "tags": [ "adverbial", "sometimes" ] }, { "categories": [ "English colloquialisms", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 35:", "text": "Today's children at Christmas-time take a cast-off toy to the Toy Service held in many churches, and it is a pretty sight to watch those tiny mites clutching their toys and parting from them.j", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "2014, Lorraine F Elli, The Little Town Mouse:", "text": "“Tom told me that, but twasn't your fault, the little mite just couldn't wait to be born that's all.” A small smile played on Leah's lips.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal." ], "links": [ [ "rascal", "rascal" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(colloquial, often used affectionately) A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal." ], "raw_tags": [ "used affectionately" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "rogue" }, { "word": "scamp" }, { "word": "troublemaker" } ], "tags": [ "colloquial", "often" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "enpr": "mīt", "tags": [ "General-American", "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/maɪt/", "tags": [ "General-American", "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "audio": "en-us-might.ogg", "mp3_url": 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"word": "àcar" }, { "code": "maz", "lang": "Central Mazahua", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ts'imexe" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "mǎn", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "蟎 /螨" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "roztoč" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "mide" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "mijt" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "akaro" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "punkki" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "acarien" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ácaro" }, { "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "ṭḳiṗa", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ტკიპა" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Milbe" }, { "code": "gsw", "lang": "German", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "Alemannic-German", "feminine" ], "word": "Milme" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "skoulikáki", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "σκουληκάκι" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "akarí", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ἀκαρί" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "kardít", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "קרדית" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "atka" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "kukac" }, { "code": "ilo", "lang": "Ilocano", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "tungaw" }, { "code": "id", "lang": "Indonesian", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "tungau" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fíneog" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" 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"tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "клещ" }, { "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "grȉnja" }, { "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "milba" }, { "code": "dsb", "lang": "Lower Sorbian", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "weška" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ácaro" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "kvalster" }, { "code": "tl", "lang": "Tagalog", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "kagaw" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "akar" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "klišč", "sense": "arachnid", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "кліщ" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "bét" }, { "code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "arachnid", "word": "ve" }, { "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": 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