teeny
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From tiny.
AdjectiveEdit
teeny (comparative teenier, superlative teeniest)
SynonymsEdit
- (very small):
- (standard): minuscule, minute, tiny
- (informal): teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, weeny, eeny
TranslationsEdit
very small (informal)
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Etymology 2Edit
From teen + -y. See teen (“grief”).
AdjectiveEdit
teeny (comparative more teeny, superlative most teeny)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for teeny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)