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adjective, we·er, we·est.

little; very small.
very early: in the wee hours of the morning.

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RELATED WORDS

teeny, microscopic, little, slight, diminutive, minuscule, petite, miniature, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, minute, insignificant, negligible, puny, teensy, teensy-weensy, bitsy, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty

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  3. wedlock,
  4. wednesday,
  5. wednesdays,
  6. wee free,
  7. wee hours,
  8. wee-wee,
  9. weed,
  10. weed cutter

Origin of wee

before 1150 for an earlier sense; Middle English we, variant of wei (small) quantity, Old English wēg, Anglian form of wǣge weight, akin to wegan to weigh1
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British Dictionary definitions for wee

wee

1
/ (wiː) /

adjective

very small; tiny; minute

noun

mainly Scot a short time (esp in the phrase bide a wee.)

Word Origin for wee

C13: from Old English wǣg weight

noun

  1. the act or an instance of urinating
  2. urine

verb

(intr) to urinate
Also called: wee-wee

Word Origin for wee

of unknown origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for wee

wee

adj.

"extremely small," mid-15c., from earlier noun use in sense of "quantity, amount" (cf. a littel wei "a little thing or amount," c.1300), from Old English wæge "weight" (see weigh). Adj. use wee bit apparently developed as parallel to such forms as a bit thing "a little thing." Wee hours is attested by 1891, from Scot. wee sma' hours (1787, Burns). Wee folk "faeries" is recorded from 1819. Weeny "tiny, small" is from 1790.

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