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wee

  [wee]
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–adjective, we⋅er, we⋅est.
1. little; very small.
2. very early: in the wee hours of the morning.
Origin:
bef. 1150 for an earlier sense; ME we, var. of wei (small) quantity, OE wēg, Anglian form of wǣge weight, akin to wegan to weigh 1

Synonyms:
1. tiny, diminutive; minuscule.
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wee   (wē)   
adj.   we·er, we·est

  1. Very small; tiny. See Synonyms at small.

  2. Very early: the wee hours of the morning.

n.   Scots
A short time; a little bit.

[Middle English wei, we, a small amount, small, from Old English wǣge, wēg, weight; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
we·est   (wē'ĭst)   
adj.  Superlative of wee.
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Word Origin & History

wee  (adj.)
"extremely small," c.1450, from earlier noun use in sense of "quantity, amount" (cf. a littel wei "a little thing or amount," c.1300), from O.E. wæge "weight" (see weigh). Adj. use wee bit apparently developed as parallel to such forms as a bit thing "a little thing." Wee hours is attested by 1891, from Scot. wee sma' hours (1787, Burns). Wee folk "faeries" is recorded from 1819. Weeny "tiny, small" is from 1790.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: WEE
Function: abbreviation
western equine encephalomyelitis
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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