scottish word of the week

WEE adj. 1. Small, tiny, little, restricted in size (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis, 1808 Jam.). Gen.Sc. Compar. weeer, superl. weeest, weeist, wiest. Freq. used redupl. as wee, wee, and with other dim. words, little wee, wee sma, teeny wee, and with (or in place of) dim. forms of the n. in -IE, -OCK. Deriv. weeness, smallness, small size