wee
- little; very small.
- very early: in the wee hours of the morning.
Origin of wee
Synonyms for wee
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for wee
teeny, microscopic, little, slight, diminutive, minuscule, petite, miniature, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, minute, insignificant, negligible, puny, teensy, teensy-weensy, bitsy, bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bittyExamples from the Web for wee
Contemporary Examples of wee
How about baby drama with little Abijean and the Wee Baby Seamus?
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In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.
This was the real deal, we wee Dylanologists told ourselves, this was pure…what?
So, what were Putin and Berlusconi doing in the wee hours of Friday morning?
But this new study indicates that Weiner may be (is definitely) going a wee bit overboard.
Historical Examples of wee
Aye, but it's that wee bit that makes all the difference, Mr. Cairnduff!
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
"I'll go downstairs now for a wee while," Mrs. MacDermott said.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
"Och, he's mebbe only a wee bit out of sorts," John answered.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
I thought at first you were having me on, but I think now you're only a wee fool.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
Sure, you have to tell a wee bit of a lie now and again, or you'd never get your way at all.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
wee
1- very small; tiny; minute
- mainly Scot a short time (esp in the phrase bide a wee.)
Word Origin for wee
wee
2- the act or an instance of urinating
- urine
- (intr) to urinate
Word Origin for wee
Word Origin and History for wee
"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.