petit

And by what small, petit Hints does the Mind catch hold of, and recover a vanishing Notion?

Meet Mr. Petit.

We ate some petit fours in Paris.

Tom brought petit fours.

The iconic Le Petit Larousse French dictionary has added words like “taxier” — an Algerian expression meaning, not surprisingly, taxi driver.

“I see a cafe yonder,” said Lemercier; “let us learn all we can as to the fair unknown, over a sorbet or a petit verre.”