teeny

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːni/

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• Rhymes: -iːni

Etymology 1

From tiny.

Adjective

teeny (comparative teenier, superlative teeniest)

1. (informal) Very small; tiny.

Synonyms

• (very small):

  (standard): minuscule, minute, tiny

  (informal): teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, weeny, eeny

Translations

very small (informal)

• Finnish: pikkiriikkinen (fi)
• French: tout petit

• Italian: piccolo piccolo
• Plautdietsch: grennauzje

Etymology 2

From teen +‎ -y. See teen (“grief”).

Adjective

teeny (comparative more teeny, superlative most teeny)

1. (Britain, dialect) fretful; peevish; cross

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

• yente