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weeny¹

  • /ˈwiːni/

Rhymes with -iːni

Where it comes from

Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from wee + -y

adjective weenier · weeniest

  1. colloquial, dialectal Minuscule; 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'."

weeny²

  • /ˈwiːni/

Rhymes with -iːni

Where it comes from

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.

noun weenies

  1. A wiener, a hot dog.
  2. slang A penis

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@misc{weeny_2026,
  title = {weeny},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weeny},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}