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wee

Pronunciation: /wiː/

The English word “wee” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Small, little.

noun

  1. A short time or short distance.
  2. Urine.
  3. An act of urination.

verb

  1. To urinate.

interjection

  1. The squeal of a pig.

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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