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Added 8 October 2026

wee

/wiː/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wee at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A short time.
bide a wee

verb

Eliminate urine.
Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug

adjective

(used informally) very small.
a wee tot
Very early.
the wee hours of the morning

Origin

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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