tiny
adjective
1.
very small
- “diminutive in stature”
- “a lilliputian chest of drawers”
- “her petite figure”
- “tiny feet”
- “the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy”
Origin
From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.
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