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eeny en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Possibly from teeny weeny.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) minuscule
    • Can you put an eeny bit of mustard on my hot dog?
    • Then they would go back to the gang house—Woody named it the Eeny House because it was so small [...]. 1999, Joe Klein, Woody Guthrie: A Life, page 35:
    • ... and weep and moan and scream every little eeny orgasm. 2003, Craig Lucas, “Reckless”, in Reckless and Other Plays, page 54:
    • The interior is, perhaps, an eeny bit tricksy, but has worn surprisingly well over nearly four years and did not really need the light refreshment it has received in the Cabrio 2004 August 14, Stephen Bayley, “Car culture: Why a MINI is better than a Porsche”, in Daily Telegraph:

Deriveds

eeny-weeny

Synonyms

itsy bitsy · itty · bitty · tiny · teeny · teeny weeny

eeny en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal, not-comparable) Holey, cellular.

eeny en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling) Pronunciation spelling of any.
    alt of any

eeny en · ADV · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, not-comparable) With most, almost
    • He eeny most had enough to eat.
  2. (dialectal, not-comparable) Only
    • He's eeny just come home.