Meanings
weeny1
comparative weenier · superlative weeniest
- colloquialdialectalnow generally used with childrenMinuscule; tiny.
"So my gran'father, like a fool, ye see, opened his hand a little, an' the little weeny chap jumped away laughin', an' he niver seen him any more, an' the divil a bit o' the purse did he git; only the Cluricaun left his little shoe that he was makin'."
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 383
weeny2
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used informally) little or tiny
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
weeny · adjective
Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from wee + -y
Full word history & related roots →weeny · noun
- Germanwiener“of Vienna”
- Englishweeny
From German wiener (“of Vienna”). The penis term is from its resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny.
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weeny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weeny
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