wee
Americanadjective
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little; very small.
- Synonyms:
- minuscule, diminutive, tiny
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very early.
in the wee hours of the morning.
noun
verb
adjective
noun
Etymology
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 weigh 1
Vocabulary lists containing wee
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Weak and tired, Jackie was scooped up from the north shore of Big Bear Lake in the wee hours of Saturday by a team from the San Dimas Raptor Rescue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Chile needs to grow and this bill makes it possible," Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz said after the chamber approved the reforms in the wee hours of Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
And, if it's good enough for the wee man...
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The wee powered hardtop mechanism does retract, after a fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Still, with my mom flattened upstairs and my dad working all the time, the house did feel a tad quiet and the fridge a wee bit empty.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
And I telled ye he was in co. wi’ a couple o’ poachers and thieves over here fro’ one o’ the big towns; and I telled you he weer nobbut a tramp hissen.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
“What weer it about t’owd one?” said another.
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
"Oudt! oudt weer?" asked Schults, pausing with a tray of onions in his hands.
From Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. by Thorne, Jack
Just as I towd thee, farmer, there weer a robbery at the vicarage last night.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
“Well, I weer a-talking about marriages,” said Joe, quietly; “so you take my advice and let things bide.”
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
You're sure you've never regretted—never had the weest doubt that it might have been better with—someone else?
From The First Man by O'Neill, Eugene
D'ye mind the wee lassie that was sae still till she began to know ye—the weest one of them a'?
From Between You and Me by Lauder, Harry, Sir
They wente up to the Saylis, These yemen all three; They loked est, they loked weest, They myght no man see.
From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank
They built, and they presented to me, the weest piano ever you saw—a piano so wee that it could be carried in an ordinary motor car.
From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir
He, the "old bird," the cool hand, the sharp one of Ours, to have been done brown, to be the joke of the mess, the laugh of all the men, down to the weest drummer-boy!
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
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