teenyn.²

Brit.

/ˈtiːni/, U.S.

/ˈtini/

Forms: see teen n.² and -y suffix⁶.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teen n.², -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < teen n.² + -y suffix⁶, perhaps influenced by teeny adj.²

colloquial.

A young teenager or a pre-teenager, esp. one who is a fan of pop music; a teeny-bopper.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent

farrowa700

puberc1350

adolescent?1440

teen1818

teener1894

post-pubescent1904

teenager1913

tweenie1919

teeny1940

tweenager1949

jean-ager1959

skin1969

1940 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 8 Jan. 4/7 Elder people run them [sc. the Boy Scouts] just as elders run the antics of the 'teenies and the younger 20s.

1969 Oz Apr. 40/1 A good part of that audience was composed of teeneys, nine to twelve year olds.

1977 Daily Mirror 21 Mar. 13/3 Teenies find hot line to hope... In 1976 at least 8,000 new callers were under fifteen.

2011 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 July 24 The admirers are not gum-snapping teenies but wide-eyed tourists.

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

† teenyadj.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teen n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < teen n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier teen adj. and teenful adj.

Obsolete (chiefly English regional (Lancashire) in later use).

Irritable, peevish; (also) malicious, spiteful. Cf. teen n.¹ 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]

protervec1384

teethya1500

peevishc1530

protervous1547

pettish1552

tatter1579

fretting1587

teeny1594

frampold1599

treaf1601

fretful1603

teety1621

frappish1631

froppish1659

huffy1680

toothy1691

peenging1724

fractious1725

crossish1740

huffish1755

petulant1755

refractious1761

pouty1799

pensy1803

fudgy1819

twiney1824

rammista1838

fretty1844

petful1852

patchy1862

fretsome1870

grizzly1900

anfractuous1923

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. 197 [He] growes so teasty, that by teeny spight, Past reasons bounds he is transported quite.

1649 E. Bradshaw Husbandmans Harrow To Reader sig. (a)4 How passionately angry and teeny he was.

1757 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 6) Gloss. sig. G5^v Teeny, fretful.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 342 A..teeny, mischievous, good for nothin'.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Teeny..(2) Fretful; peevish; fractious. Lanc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

teenyadj.²n.¹

Brit.

/ˈtiːni/, U.S.

/ˈtini/

Forms: 1800s– teeny, 1800s– teenie.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tiny adj.

Etymology: Reflecting a regional, colloquial, and emphatic pronunciation of tiny adj.

colloquial (U.S. regional and English regional in earlier use).

Very tiny, very small. Also occasionally as n.: a small child, an infant (cf. teeny n.²).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > [noun]

wenchelc890

childeOE

littleOE

littlingOE

hired-childc1275

smalla1300

brolla1325

innocentc1325

chickc1330

congeonc1330

impc1380

faunt1382

young onec1384

scionc1390

weea1400

birdc1405

chickenc1440

enfaunta1475

small boyc1475

whelp1483

burden1490

little one1509

brat?a1513

younkerkin1528

kitling1541

urchin1556

loneling1579

breed1586

budling1587

pledge?1587

ragazzo1591

simplicity1592

bantling1593

tadpole1594

two-year-old1594

bratcheta1600

lambkin1600

younker1601

dandling1611

buda1616

eyas-musketa1616

dovelinga1618

whelplinga1618

puppet1623

butter printa1625

chit1625

piggy1625

ninnyc1626

youngster1633

fairya1635

lap-child1655

chitterling1675

squeaker1676

cherub1680

kid1690

wean1692

kinchin1699

getlingc1700

totum17..

charity-child1723

small girl1734

poult1739

elfin1748

piggy-wiggy1766

piccaninny1774

suck-thumb18..

teeny1802

olive1803

sprout1813

stumpie1820

sexennarian1821

totty1822

toddle1825

toddles1828

poppet1830

brancher1833

toad1836

toddler1837

ankle-biter1840

yarkera1842

twopenny1844

weeny1844

tottykins1849

toddlekins1852

brattock1858

nipper1859

sprat1860

ninepins1862

angelet1868

tenas man1870

tad1877

tacker1885

chavvy1886

joey1887

toddleskin1890

thumb-sucker1891

littlie1893

peewee1894

tyke1894

che-ild1896

kiddo1896

mother's bairn1896

childling1903

kipper1905

pick1905

small1907

God forbid1909

preadolescent1909

subadolescent1914

toto1914

snookums1919

tweenie1919

problem child1920

squirt1924

trottie1924

tiddler1927

subteen1929

perisher1935

poopsie1937

pre-schooler1937

pre-teen1938

pre-teener1940

juvie1941

sprog1944

pikkie1945

subteenager1947

pre-teenager1948

pint-size1954

saucepan lid1960

rug rat1964

smallie1984

bosom-child-

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree

superfine1575

tiny1598

minute1606

exiguous1630

myriate1665

delicate1692

miniature1714

infinitesimal1733

diminutive1741

weeny1790

inappreciable1802

teeny1802

scrumptious1834

teeny-weeny1842

teeny-tiny1849

tee-tiny1872

minuscule1878

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small

tinea1400

little weea1525

undersmall?1527

little little1542

perpusil1598

tiny1598

punctual1605

minute1606

pygmya1616

exiguous1630

atomical1646

minutulous1651

puncticular1658

arenulous1664

myriate1665

minimal1666

minim1671

infinitesimal1733

minutissim1768

weeny1790

midgety1798

teeny1802

pinpoint1807

atomic1809

homuncular1822

minnow1824

weeshy1825

pinhead1835

finitesimal1836

homoeopathic1838

teeny-weeny1842

teenty1844

teenty-taunty1844

teeny-tiny1849

submolecular1854

teensy1856

super-compact1860

midget1865

ultramicroscopic1870

pilulous1871

teensy-weensy1872

tee-tiny1872

minuscule1878

smitchy1888

eeny-weeny1894

eensy-weensy1904

pygmean1904

ultramicroscopical1904

bitsy1905

bitty1905

totty1906

millimetric1909

miniscule1909

minuscular1911

insectual1912

micro1931

eeny1933

eensy1940

submicrogram1941

submillimetre1954

diddy1963

mini1963

micro-mini1967

1802 Monthly Mag. Dec. 405/1 The adjective tiny, in some provinces teeny, is no doubt from this root.

1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 209 Lucy was the littlest teeny bit of a thing when it was born.

1895 A. A. Leith Plant of Lemon Verbena 165 There was a gurt black rock wi' a teeny white chapel on it.

1929 E. Bowen Last September iii. xxiii. 294 Look at those little teeny black cows. Those are Kerry cows.

1931 Daily Express 1 Sept. 5/1 But never cold ham and tongue for the tiny ‘teenies’.

1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker v. 64 Brandade de Morue..cod fillets cooked with garlic, cream, olive oil, lemon juice and a teeny suggestion of fennel.

2007 Neo Apr. 68/4 It would be better if there were at least a teeny bit of reasoning for it.

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

n.²1940

adj.¹1594

adj.²n.¹1802

单词	teeny
释义	teenyn.² Brit. /ˈtiːni/, U.S. /ˈtini/ Forms: see teen n.² and -y suffix⁶. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teen n.², -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < teen n.² + -y suffix⁶, perhaps influenced by teeny adj.² colloquial. A young teenager or a pre-teenager, esp. one who is a fan of pop music; a teeny-bopper. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] > adolescent farrowa700 puberc1350 adolescent?1440 teen1818 teener1894 post-pubescent1904 teenager1913 tweenie1919 teeny1940 tweenager1949 jean-ager1959 skin1969 1940 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 8 Jan. 4/7 Elder people run them [sc. the Boy Scouts] just as elders run the antics of the 'teenies and the younger 20s. 1969 Oz Apr. 40/1 A good part of that audience was composed of teeneys, nine to twelve year olds. 1977 Daily Mirror 21 Mar. 13/3 Teenies find hot line to hope... In 1976 at least 8,000 new callers were under fifteen. 2011 Sunday Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 July 24 The admirers are not gum-snapping teenies but wide-eyed tourists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † teenyadj.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: teen n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < teen n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier teen adj. and teenful adj. Obsolete (chiefly English regional (Lancashire) in later use). Irritable, peevish; (also) malicious, spiteful. Cf. teen n.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective] protervec1384 teethya1500 peevishc1530 protervous1547 pettish1552 tatter1579 fretting1587 teeny1594 frampold1599 treaf1601 fretful1603 teety1621 frappish1631 froppish1659 huffy1680 toothy1691 peenging1724 fractious1725 crossish1740 huffish1755 petulant1755 refractious1761 pouty1799 pensy1803 fudgy1819 twiney1824 rammista1838 fretty1844 petful1852 patchy1862 fretsome1870 grizzly1900 anfractuous1923 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. 197 [He] growes so teasty, that by teeny spight, Past reasons bounds he is transported quite. 1649 E. Bradshaw Husbandmans Harrow To Reader sig. (a)4 How passionately angry and teeny he was. 1757 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 6) Gloss. sig. G5^v Teeny, fretful. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 342 A..teeny, mischievous, good for nothin'. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Teeny..(2) Fretful; peevish; fractious. Lanc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019). teenyadj.²n.¹ Brit. /ˈtiːni/, U.S. /ˈtini/ Forms: 1800s– teeny, 1800s– teenie. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tiny adj. Etymology: Reflecting a regional, colloquial, and emphatic pronunciation of tiny adj. colloquial (U.S. regional and English regional in earlier use). Very tiny, very small. Also occasionally as n.: a small child, an infant (cf. teeny n.²). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > [noun] wenchelc890 childeOE littleOE littlingOE hired-childc1275 smalla1300 brolla1325 innocentc1325 chickc1330 congeonc1330 impc1380 faunt1382 young onec1384 scionc1390 weea1400 birdc1405 chickenc1440 enfaunta1475 small boyc1475 whelp1483 burden1490 little one1509 brat?a1513 younkerkin1528 kitling1541 urchin1556 loneling1579 breed1586 budling1587 pledge?1587 ragazzo1591 simplicity1592 bantling1593 tadpole1594 two-year-old1594 bratcheta1600 lambkin1600 younker1601 dandling1611 buda1616 eyas-musketa1616 dovelinga1618 whelplinga1618 puppet1623 butter printa1625 chit1625 piggy1625 ninnyc1626 youngster1633 fairya1635 lap-child1655 chitterling1675 squeaker1676 cherub1680 kid1690 wean1692 kinchin1699 getlingc1700 totum17.. charity-child1723 small girl1734 poult1739 elfin1748 piggy-wiggy1766 piccaninny1774 suck-thumb18.. teeny1802 olive1803 sprout1813 stumpie1820 sexennarian1821 totty1822 toddle1825 toddles1828 poppet1830 brancher1833 toad1836 toddler1837 ankle-biter1840 yarkera1842 twopenny1844 weeny1844 tottykins1849 toddlekins1852 brattock1858 nipper1859 sprat1860 ninepins1862 angelet1868 tenas man1870 tad1877 tacker1885 chavvy1886 joey1887 toddleskin1890 thumb-sucker1891 littlie1893 peewee1894 tyke1894 che-ild1896 kiddo1896 mother's bairn1896 childling1903 kipper1905 pick1905 small1907 God forbid1909 preadolescent1909 subadolescent1914 toto1914 snookums1919 tweenie1919 problem child1920 squirt1924 trottie1924 tiddler1927 subteen1929 perisher1935 poopsie1937 pre-schooler1937 pre-teen1938 pre-teener1940 juvie1941 sprog1944 pikkie1945 subteenager1947 pre-teenager1948 pint-size1954 saucepan lid1960 rug rat1964 smallie1984 bosom-child- the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree superfine1575 tiny1598 minute1606 exiguous1630 myriate1665 delicate1692 miniature1714 infinitesimal1733 diminutive1741 weeny1790 inappreciable1802 teeny1802 scrumptious1834 teeny-weeny1842 teeny-tiny1849 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small tinea1400 little weea1525 undersmall?1527 little little1542 perpusil1598 tiny1598 punctual1605 minute1606 pygmya1616 exiguous1630 atomical1646 minutulous1651 puncticular1658 arenulous1664 myriate1665 minimal1666 minim1671 infinitesimal1733 minutissim1768 weeny1790 midgety1798 teeny1802 pinpoint1807 atomic1809 homuncular1822 minnow1824 weeshy1825 pinhead1835 finitesimal1836 homoeopathic1838 teeny-weeny1842 teenty1844 teenty-taunty1844 teeny-tiny1849 submolecular1854 teensy1856 super-compact1860 midget1865 ultramicroscopic1870 pilulous1871 teensy-weensy1872 tee-tiny1872 minuscule1878 smitchy1888 eeny-weeny1894 eensy-weensy1904 pygmean1904 ultramicroscopical1904 bitsy1905 bitty1905 totty1906 millimetric1909 miniscule1909 minuscular1911 insectual1912 micro1931 eeny1933 eensy1940 submicrogram1941 submillimetre1954 diddy1963 mini1963 micro-mini1967 1802 Monthly Mag. Dec. 405/1 The adjective tiny, in some provinces teeny, is no doubt from this root. 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 209 Lucy was the littlest teeny bit of a thing when it was born. 1895 A. A. Leith Plant of Lemon Verbena 165 There was a gurt black rock wi' a teeny white chapel on it. 1929 E. Bowen Last September iii. xxiii. 294 Look at those little teeny black cows. Those are Kerry cows. 1931 Daily Express 1 Sept. 5/1 But never cold ham and tongue for the tiny ‘teenies’. 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker v. 64 Brandade de Morue..cod fillets cooked with garlic, cream, olive oil, lemon juice and a teeny suggestion of fennel. 2007 Neo Apr. 68/4 It would be better if there were at least a teeny bit of reasoning for it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.²1940adj.¹1594adj.²n.¹1802
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teenyn.2

† teenyadj.1

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teenyn.²

† teenyadj.¹

teenyadj.²n.¹