tee-ninyadj.

Brit.

/tiːˈnʌɪni/, U.S.

/ˌtiˈnaɪni/

Forms: 1900s– tee-niney, 1900s– tee-niny, 2000s– t-niney.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: teeny adj.², tiny adj.

Etymology: Apparently an extended form of either teeny adj.² or tiny adj. Compare earlier tee-nincy adj. and tee-tiny adj. Compare also earlier teeny-tiny adj. and teeny-weeny adj. See also the following earlier use as a forename or nickname:1870 in C. E. Shepard 1870 Census, Floyd County, Kentucky (1977) 31 Teeniny [Hamilton]—F[emale]—57.

U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland).

Very tiny, very small. Cf. tee-nincy adj., tee-tiny adj.

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1909 Good Housek. Mag. Nov. 500/1 You're the most biggitty ole bully, strutting around 'cause you most killed a po' little teeniny dog.

1936 W. Kelley So Fair House viii. 233 You know you too little to be drinkin' wine. I ain' gonta let you have one teeniny glassful when hit comes dinner-time.

1985 Kerrville (Texas) Daily Times 29 Nov. 1/1 Because I weighed only three pounds, papa used to tell people, ‘we have such a tee-niney baby at our house’.

2012 @SallyHarrison 26 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Tee-niny snow flurries in Madison!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tee-niny
释义	tee-ninyadj. Brit. /tiːˈnʌɪni/, U.S. /ˌtiˈnaɪni/ Forms: 1900s– tee-niney, 1900s– tee-niny, 2000s– t-niney. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: teeny adj.², tiny adj. Etymology: Apparently an extended form of either teeny adj.² or tiny adj. Compare earlier tee-nincy adj. and tee-tiny adj. Compare also earlier teeny-tiny adj. and teeny-weeny adj. See also the following earlier use as a forename or nickname:1870 in C. E. Shepard 1870 Census, Floyd County, Kentucky (1977) 31 Teeniny [Hamilton]—F[emale]—57. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Very tiny, very small. Cf. tee-nincy adj., tee-tiny adj. ΚΠ 1909 Good Housek. Mag. Nov. 500/1 You're the most biggitty ole bully, strutting around 'cause you most killed a po' little teeniny dog. 1936 W. Kelley So Fair House viii. 233 You know you too little to be drinkin' wine. I ain' gonta let you have one teeniny glassful when hit comes dinner-time. 1985 Kerrville (Texas) Daily Times 29 Nov. 1/1 Because I weighed only three pounds, papa used to tell people, ‘we have such a tee-niney baby at our house’. 2012 @SallyHarrison 26 Dec. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Tee-niny snow flurries in Madison! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1909
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