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incy wincy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (childish, informal) Very small.
    • Fourteen incy-wincy pearl buttons that needed to be pushed through a presumably corresponding number of loops. By him. 1998, Alison Kelly, Man about the House:
    • I started to look at our valley, and at our incy-wincy bit of settlement in its tuck of green, like a tiny leaf had fallen. And everything was flat. 1995, A. S. Byatt, Alan Hollinghurst, New writing, Volume 4:
    • Incy wincy spider, climbing up the spout. Down came the rain, and washed poor Incy out! Incy Wincy Spider, traditional nursery rhyme, author unknown
    • There's an incy wincy amount of fruit sweetness, but chill it down and it drinks tremendously. 2007, The Bulletin, volumes 6559-6566:

Forms

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more incy wincy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most incy wincy Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

eensy

Synonyms

itsy bitsy · teeny weeny