lite adj 1: having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet" [syn: {light}, {lite}, {low-cal}, {calorie-free}]
-lite \-lite\ (-l[imac]t) suff. See {-lith}. [1913 Webster]
Lite \Lite\ (l[imac]t), a., adv., & n. Little. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Liter
-lith \-lith\ (-l[i^]th), -lite \-lite\ (-l[imac]t). suff. Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks. [1913 Webster]
lite <spelling> (Misspelling of "light", when used to mean "lightweight") A suffix denoting a scaled-down or crippled product, often designed to be distributed without charge, e.g. on a magazine {coverdisk}. An example is {pklite}. (1995-10-06)