mite
noun
[ mʌɪt ]
• a minute arachnid which has four pairs of legs when adult, related to the ticks. Many kinds live in the soil and a number are parasitic on plants or animals.
Origin:
Old English mīte, of Germanic origin.
mite
noun
• a small child or animal, especially when regarded as an object of sympathy.
• "the poor little mite looks half-starved"
• a very small amount.
• "his teacher thought he needed a mite of discipline"
mite
adverb
• a little; slightly.
• "I haven't eaten yet and I'm feeling a mite peckish"
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting a small Flemish copper coin): from Middle Dutch mīte ; probably from the same Germanic word as mite1.
