weeny
[wee-nee]Informal.
noun, plural wee·nies.
adjective, wee·ni·er, wee·ni·est.
tiny; very small: Give me just the weeniest little piece, please.
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weenie
or wee·ny, wie·nie
[wee-nee]
noun
Origin of weenie
wien(er) + -ie; (def 3) probably influenced by or continuous with weeny small child, noun use of weeny tiny (see wee, teeny-weeny)
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weeny
weensy (ˈwiːnzɪ)
adjective -nier, -niest, -sier or -siest
Word Origin for weeny
C18: from wee 1 with the ending -ny as in tiny
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weenie
"frankfurter," 1906, with slang sense of "penis" following soon after, from German wienerwurst "Vienna sausage" (see wiener). Meaning "ineffectual person" is 1963; pejorative sense via penis shape, or perhaps from weenie in the sense of "small" (see wee).
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