wee
Meaning
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Small, little.
Synonyms
pass urine
go for a slash
tiny little
do a wee-wee
have a slash
very small
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wiː/
Etymology
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).
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