From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
petite \pe*tite"\, 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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
petite \pe*tite"\, n. [F., fem. of petit.]
1. A size category of women's clothing, for women with less
than average height.
[PJC]
2. An aricle of women's clothing classified in the
petite[1] size category.
[PJC]
3. A girl or woman whose figure is best fit by a petite[1]
garment.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
petite
adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest
of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn:
bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
petite, tiny, flyspeck]
n 1: a garment size for short or slender women