WEE

wee

(adjective) very early; “the wee hours of the morning”

bitty, bittie, teensy, teentsy, teeny, wee, weeny, weensy, teensy-weensy, teeny-weeny, itty-bitty, itsy-bitsy

(adjective) (used informally) very small; “a wee tot”

wee

(noun) a short time; “bide a wee”

make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water

(verb) eliminate urine; “Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

(Scotland, Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.

Noun

wee

A short time or short distance.

Etymology 2

Noun

wee (uncountable)

(colloquial, uncountable) Urine.

(colloquial) An act of urination.

Synonyms

• (all senses): wee-wee

• (urine): See urine

• (urination): See urination

Verb

wee (third-person singular simple present wees, present participle weeing, simple past and past participle weed)

(colloquial) To urinate.

Synonyms

• wee-wee, see also urinate

Etymology 3

• see we

Pronoun

wee personal pronoun

obsolete emphatic of we

Anagrams

• Ewe, eew, ewe

Source: Wiktionary


Wee, n. Etym: [OE. we a bit, in a little we, probably originally meaning, a little way, the word we for wei being later taken as synonymous with little. See Way.]

Definition: A little; a bit, as of space, time, or distance. [Obs. or Scot.]

Wee, a.

Definition: Very small; little. [Colloq. & Scot.] A little wee face, with a little yellow beard. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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