wee hours

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wee hours

noun wee hour

  1. colloquial, plural, plural normally The very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep. When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.

    Similar: small hours, wee small hours, postmidnight

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noun very early morning

Españolaltas horas, las tantas, madrugada
Portuguêsmadrugada
Françaispetites heures
Deutschfrüger Morgen
Tiếng Việtsáng sớm, đêm
עבריתהַשָּׁעוֹת הַקְּטַנּוֹת hasha'ót haqtanót

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@misc{wee_hours_2026,
  title = {wee hours},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wee%20hours},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}