| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  w |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: we·er, we·est
1. Very small; tiny. See synonyms at small. 2. Very early: the wee hours of the morning. | | NOUN: | Scots A short time; a little bit. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English wei, we, a small amount, small, from Old English w ge, wg, weight. See wegh- in Appendix I.
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