wee
adjective
1.
(used informally) very small
- “a wee tot”
noun
verb
1.
- “Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug”
Origin
From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).
Phrases
- wee juggler etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "wee"
- wee woo etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "wee"
Related words
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