itsy-bitsy
/ɪtsɪˈbɪtsi
/(also itty-bitty /ɪtɪˈbɪti/)
adjective informal
Very small; tiny: itsy-bitsy candles that couldn’t light the path of an ant...
- There is one minor, tiny, itsy-bitsy little thing that I didn't like.
- In my infinite naivety and itsy-bitsy experience, I like squirrels.
- The woman with the itsy-bitsy tummy growing an itsy-bitsy little baby.
Origin
1930s: from a child's form of little + bitsy (from bit1 + -sy).
Rhymes
- cento
- centra
- central
- Central African Republic
- central air
- Central America
- Central American
- central bank
- central business district
- central casting
- central city
- Central Command
- Central Criminal Court
- central difference
- Central European Time
- central heating
- Central Intelligence Agency
- centralisation
- centralise
- centralism
- centralist
- centrality
- centralization
- centralize
- central locking