weeny
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of weeny
First recorded in 1780–90; from wee ( def. ), patterned after teeny ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Fields; Theodore Roosevelt, who undermines his Rough Rider persona with a weeny, high voice; and William Howard Taft exhibiting his native Ohio’s warmish “r’s” and open vowels.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023
After teeny Herm and weeny Sark, Alderney felt like a metropolis.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2015
In practice it generally means that a weeny notion hopes to gain weight by attaching itself to a mighty abstract.
From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2013
Viola Davis, 46, elicited a positive response when she wore her TWA, or "teeny weeny Afro," as the look is known, on the red carpet at the 2012 Academy Awards.
From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2012
I used to be a teeny weeny bit jealous of you when I was a poor little nobody.”
From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro
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