teeny-weeny

See also: teeny weeny

English

Alternative forms

• teeny weeny
• teensy-weensy

Etymology

teeny +‎ weeny

Adjective

teeny-weeny (comparative teeny-weenier, superlative teeny-weeniest)

1. (colloquial, often childish or humorous) Very small; tiny; minuscule.
   • 1855, Frank Forester, “The Wigwam in the Wilderness”, in W.C. Bryant et al., editors, Graham's American monthly magazine of literature, art, and fashion‎^[1], volume 47, page 321:

     And she was allus a making teeny-weeny little night caps and flannel shirts...

   • 1855, Which : the right, or the left?‎^[2], page 500:

     "... Why, you were a little, teeny, weeny fellow then — the brightest and lovingest in all Enfield!"

Translations

very small

• Hungarian: icipici (hu), icike-picike (hu)