He's just a wee lad.
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearatomic, bitty, infinitesimal, itty-bitty (or itsy-bitsy), little bitty, microscopic (also microscopical), miniature, minuscule, minute, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, weeny;
astronomical (also astronomic), colossal, cosmic, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, mammoth, massive, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, titanic, tremendous;
big, bulky, bumper, considerable, extensive, good, goodly, grand, great, gross, handsome, hefty, hulking, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), large, largish, major, outsize (also outsized), overgrown, overscale (or overscaled), oversize (or oversized), sizable (or sizeable), substantial, super, whacking, whopping;
baby, diminutive, dwarf, elfin, half-pint, little, micro, model, petite, pocket, pocket-size (also pocket-sized), pygmy, small, smallish;
dinky, dwarfish, insignificant, pint-size (or pint-sized), puny, scrubby, undersized (also undersize);
See words that rhyme with wee Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for wee Spanish Central: Translation of wee Nglish: Translation of wee for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of wee for Arabic speakers
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