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teeny-weeny

teeny-weeny adjective: very small; tiny; minuscule.

Adjective

teeny-weeny (comparative teeny-weenier, superlative teeny-weeniest)

  1. (childish, colloquial, humorous, often) Very small; tiny; minuscule.
    • And she was allus a making teeny-weeny little night caps and flannel shirts...1855, Frank Forester, “The Wigwam in the Wilderness”, in W.C. Bryant et al., editors, Graham's American monthly magazine of literature, art, and fashion, volume 47, page 321
    • "... Why, you were a little, teeny, weeny fellow then — the brightest and lovingest in all Enfield!"1855, Which : the right, or the left?, page 500

Forms of teeny-weeny

comparativeteeny-weenier
superlativeteeny-weeniest
alternative formteeny weeny
alternative formteensy-weensy

Origin of teeny-weeny

From teeny + weeny.

Questions about teeny-weeny

What does teeny-weeny mean?
Teeny-weeny means very small; tiny; minuscule.
What part of speech is teeny-weeny?
Teeny-weeny is an adjective.

Words near teeny-weeny in the dictionary

  1. teeny-boppers
  2. teeny-boppery
  3. teeny-tiny
  4. teeny-weenier
  5. teeny-weeniest
  6. teeny-weeny
  7. teenybop
  8. teenybopper
  9. teenybopperish
  10. teenyboppers
  11. teenybopping

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