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smallOE

Having little breadth or width in proportion to length; narrow. Now rare (chiefly as a contextual use of sense A. 3) or regional.

littleOE

Of limited physical size; not big, or relatively small, in comparison with other things, especially… Of material objects, geographical features…

litec1275

Little in magnitude; small. Often coupled with great or much.

a little wightc1275

a little wight (adjectival phr.): a small. Obsolete.

petitc1390

Of small size, small; little. Formerly also (occasionally): †small in number, few; = petty, adj. 3 (obsolete).

weea1525

Extremely small, tiny. (In Scottish use with weaker sense, as a synonym of little.) Often more emphatically wee wee, little wee, wee little.

pusill1599

Small, mean, weak.

slender1610

Of small extent, size, or capacity.

lile1633

Little.

scantling1652

Very small, insignificant in size or extent.

piccaninny1707

Little; tiny; very young. Now rare.

pinkie1718

Chiefly Scottish. Small, tiny. Of the eyes: narrow, winking, half-shut. Cf. pink, n.5, pinkany, n.

insignificant1748

Small in size; petty; mean.

baby1750

Comparatively small of its kind; miniature. Also occasionally: characteristic of a baby in appearance, young.

leetle1755

In hesitating or deliberately emphatic use: = little, adj. pron.n. adv.

tiddy1781

Small, very small, tiny. Also (reduplicated) tiddy iddy adj.

bit1786

In Scottish use bit is used for bit of (‘a bit bread’; cf. German ein Stück Brod), and for bit of a (‘a bit bairn’); in the latter use it…

inconsiderable1796

Hence, Of very small value, amount, or size.

itty1798

Used hypocoristically for ‘little’ (chiefly in reference to babies or small domestic animals).

peerie1808

Chiefly Orkney and Shetland. Small, diminutive, tiny.

tittya1825

Small, little; insignificant.

titty-tottya1825

Very small; extremely tiny. Also as n.: something which is very small.

ickle1846

In childish use: little.

tiddly1868

Very little, tiny. Frequently in tiddly bit.

peewee1877

colloquial. Very small, tiny; insignificant, inconsequential. Chiefly North American in later use.

lil1881

= little, adj. I.

shirttail1881

depreciative. Esp. of a place: small; of little or no significance; spec. designating a trader or business operating on a very small scale.

inextensive1890

Not extensive, small.

puny1898

Inferior in size, quality, or amount; insignificant; weak; diminutive, tiny.

liddle1906

In regional pronunciation, or representing the speech of non-English-speakers or children; = little, adj.

pint-sized1921

colloquial. Very small, diminutive; relating to or concerning children. Also (occasionally) as n.

pint-size1925

colloquial. = pint-sized, adj. 2.

peedie1929

Small, diminutive; wee.

tenas1935

In north-western North America: small. Also as n., and in tenas man n. a child.

itsy-bitsy1938

Small, (charmingly) insubstantial, tiny; also, used disparagingly: arty-crafty, twee. Cf. itty-bitty, adj.

itty-bitty1940

= itsy-bitsy, adj.

titchy1950

Very small, tiny, minute.

scrappy1985

Lean; scrawny; meagre. Originally and chiefly U.S.

Subcategories:

— of individuals in collective whole (2)
— rather small (2)
— not large or moderate (5)
— smaller (3)
— extremely small (74)
— small of its kind (18)
— small-scale (4)
— smaller than usual or standard size (12)
— small and dainty or trim (3)
— not bulky (1)
— skimpy (5)
— small enough to fit in specific container (7)
— of small or scanty extent (25)
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