weeny

[ wee-nee ]

/ ˈwi ni /

Informal.

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noun, plural wee·nies.

weenie.

adjective, wee·ni·er, wee·ni·est.

tiny; very small: Give me just the weeniest little piece, please.

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How to use weeny in a sentence

He jumps onto weeny little babies and feeble old women and—and horses.
West Wind Drift|George Barr McCutcheon
They went to live in a weeny-teeny little yellow house in Bolingbroke.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery
Out of a little, teeny-weeny remnant of truth, shed build a magnificent divorce case.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham
“Lots of people in New York have to live in little teny, weeny rooms, Albertina,” she would say.
Turn About Eleanor|Ethel M. Kelley

Another man sees a leprechaun walking up to him—'a weeny deeny dawny little atomy of an idea of a small taste of a gentleman.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for weeny

weeny

weensy (ˈwiːnzɪ)

/ (ˈwiːnɪ) /

adjective -nier, -niest, -sier or -siest

informal very small; tiny

Word Origin for weeny

C18: from wee 1 with the ending -ny as in tiny

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weensy (ˈwiːnzɪ)

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