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wee adjective [ wiː ]

• little.
• "when I was just a wee bairn"
Similar: little, small, tiny, minute, miniature, small-scale, compact, mini, undersized, diminutive, dwarf, midget, Lilliputian, infinitesimal, microscopic, nanoscopic, minuscule, bijou, toy, trivial, trifling, negligible, insignificant, unimportant, minor, of no account, of no consequence, of no importance, not worth bothering about, not worth mentioning, inconsequential, minimal, inappreciable, imperceptible, nugatory, petty, teeny, teeny-weeny, teensy, teensy-weensy, itsy-bitsy, half-pint, dinky, piddling, piffling, titchy, little-bitty, vest-pocket,
Opposite: big, major,
Origin: Middle English (originally a noun use in Scots, usually as a little wee ‘a little bit’): from Old English wēg(e) (see wey).

wee noun

• urine.
• "there was wee all over the floor"

wee verb

• urinate.
Origin: 1930s: imitative.


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