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wee

[ wee ]

adjective

weer, weest.
  1. little; very small.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. very early:

    in the wee hours of the morning.



wee

1

/ ɾː /

adjective

  1. very small; tiny; minute
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noun

  1. a short time (esp in the phrase bide a wee. )
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wee

2

/ ɾː /

noun

    1. the act or an instance of urinating
    2. urine
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verb

  1. intr to urinate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wee1

before 1150 for an earlier sense; Middle English we, variant of wei (small) quantity, Old English ŧ, Anglian form of ǣ weight, akin to wegan to weigh 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wee1

C13: from Old English ǣ weight

Origin of wee2

of unknown origin
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In one, he screams "you are going to die in my hands you wee cow" as she gasps for breath.

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“Why are you all watching and letting Kim take my kids from me in real time,” he tweeted in the wee hours Tuesday morning.

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Honestly, I barely gave a caramelized fig about wee Toby being held hostage.

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A County Tyrone family have said nothing is going to bring their "wee rascal" back as a man was jailed for five years for killing the nine-year-old in a hit-and-run crash.

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"There is a shame for wee boys that they feel like they cannot come out and tell people - there is a stigma around sexual abuse in boys."

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