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WEENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weeness mean?
• WEENESS (noun)
The noun WEENESS has 1 sense:
1. the property of being very small in size
Familiarity information: WEENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being very small in size
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
diminutiveness; minuteness; petiteness; tininess; weeness
Context example:
hence the minuteness of detail in the painting
Hypernyms ("weeness" is a kind of...):
littleness; smallness (the property of having a relatively small size)
Derivation:
wee ((used informally) very small)
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