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Mite vs Mitey - What's the difference?

mite | mitey |

As nouns the difference between mite and mitey

is that mite is shoot while mitey is .

As an adjective mitey is

of or pertaining to mites.

As an adverb mitey is

.

mite

English

(wikipedia mite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
  • A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
  • *1803 , William Blake,
  • *:One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands
  • *:Shall buy and sell the miser's lands;
  • 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. Sometimes used adverbially.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=“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.}}
  • * 1959 , Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance , Project Gutenberg, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17315/17315-8.txt]:
    • "Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them."

    Synonyms

    * (small amount) see also .

    Derived terms

    * widow's mite

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    mitey

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

  • Of or pertaining to mites.
  • Infested with mites.
  • * 1830 , John Spalding, The History of the Troubles and Memorable Transactions in Scotland: From 1624 — 1645 , page 268,
    • Mr. Robert Farquhar paid the town's people in old mitey meal for his soldiers entertainment, who had continued there a long time.
  • * 1878 , Charles James Stewart Bethune, W. Saunders, E. B. Reed, The Canadian entomologist , Volumes 10-12, page 239,
    • A few specimens transferred from a mitey' cheese to an old cheese not ' mitey , will soon colonize it thoroughly.
  • * 1929 , The Industrial Chemist , Volume 5, page 244,
    • Both were inoculated with 1 gm. of very mitey flour placed at the bottom of the bottle.

    Etymology 2

    From mighty.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • * 1909 , Bruce M. Russett, John R. Oneal, Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations , Volume 10, page 238,
    • He ain' got nuttin tall cep'n some mitey good nabors dat come by fer him ever day an' caird him up to lay him down by de back do' er dat air rich man, dat air Mr. Dives.
  • * 1954 , Charles Rice McDowell, The Iron Baby Angel , page 11,
    • "I knowed your great-grandpaw mitey well, son, and your grandpaw and your own daddy."
  • * 1974 , William Curtis Nunn, Escape from Reconstruction , page 67,
    • They treats us mitey' well and wants Amerikens to cum and settle among em.They all talks so ' mitey funney.

    Etymology 3

    From matey.

    Noun

    (miteys)
  • * 1926 , Howard Pease, The Tattooed Man , page 26,
    • Above him a frowsy head looked out and a sleepy voice with a cockney accent said, "Hallo, mitey ," and vanished.