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单词 tiny
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tinyadj.n.

Brit. /ˈtʌɪni/, U.S. /ˈtaɪni/
Forms: Compared tinier, tiniest. Also 1500s tynie, 1600s tyny, tiney, tinye, 1800s dialect teeny.
Etymology: apparently < tine adj. and n.6 + -y suffix1 (? after adjectives in -y). But some would take tiny as a later spelling of *tiné , assumed as the original form of tine : see Note to tine adj.
A. adj.
a. Very small, little, or slight; wee, minute.In early use usually, and still often, preceded by little.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very small in amount or degree
superfine1575
tiny1598
minute1606
exiguous1630
myriate1665
delicate1692
miniature1714
infinitesimal1733
diminutive1741
weeny1790
inappreciable1802
teeny1802
scrumptious1834
teeny-weeny1842
teeny-tiny1849
tee-tiny1872
minuscule1878
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > extremely small
tinea1400
little weea1525
undersmall?1527
little little1542
perpusil1598
tiny1598
punctual1605
minute1606
pygmya1616
exiguous1630
atomical1646
minutulous1651
puncticular1658
arenulous1664
myriate1665
minimal1666
minim1671
infinitesimal1733
minutissim1768
weeny1790
midgety1798
teeny1802
pinpoint1807
atomic1809
homuncular1822
minnow1824
weeshy1825
pinhead1835
finitesimal1836
homoeopathic1838
teeny-weeny1842
teenty1844
teenty-taunty1844
teeny-tiny1849
submolecular1854
teensy1856
super-compact1860
midget1865
ultramicroscopic1870
pilulous1871
teensy-weensy1872
tee-tiny1872
minuscule1878
smitchy1888
eeny-weeny1894
eensy-weensy1904
pygmean1904
ultramicroscopical1904
bitsy1905
bitty1905
totty1906
millimetric1909
miniscule1909
minuscular1911
insectual1912
micro1931
eeny1933
eensy1940
submicrogram1941
submillimetre1954
diddy1963
mini1963
micro-mini1967
1598 R. Tofte Alba i. sig. B3 Yet still (me thinkes) mine Ayme, being not base, I should deserue some little tynie Grace.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 4 A patterne or tiny-sample what my elaborate performance would bee in this case, had I a ful-sayld gale of prosperity to encourage mee.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tiney (a word used in Worcestershire and thereabouts, as a little tiney).]
1664 C. Cotton Scarronides 97 This Cupid was a little tyny, Cogging, Lying, Peevish Nynny.
1677 Man of Sin ii. v. 93 In what part of the World are such Tiny Crustlings used For Bread?
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words Tiny, puny, little: it is usually joyned with ‘little’ as an intensive: so they say, a little tiny thing.
1751 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 31 I told you I was to have a tiny ball on Monday.
1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 63 The tiniest boat that ever sailed Upon an inland lake.
1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. vi On that knee she clasped her tiny hands.
1879 A. Giberne Sun, Moon, & Stars (1880) ii. i. 115 Examination with the microscope only shows tinier and yet tinier wonders of form and life.
1887 Poor Nellie (1888) 168 Adela had of late been one tiny bit exacting towards George.
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b. tiny perch: a fish of the family Elassomidæ, very small freshwater fishes of the southern United States.
c. tiny garment n. an article of clothing made for an expected baby.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific people > for children > for a baby
baby clothes1704
baby things1709
baby linen1771
tiny garment1965
1965 ‘E. Queen’ Fourth Side of Triangle i. 12 Her ‘needlework’..consisted of ‘tiny garments’, prepared for a lay sisterhood which aided ‘unfortunate’ young women.
1978 N. Freeling Night Lords i. 9 She..had managed to get herself pregnant..but there was no display of tiny garments.
d. tiny mind: except when used self-deprecatingly, a term of abuse suggesting an absence of common sense. Chiefly in colloquial phrase out of one's tiny mind, an emphatic form of mind n.1
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]
sloweOE
stuntc960
dullOE
hardOE
stuntlyc1000
sotc1050
dillc1175
dulta1225
simplea1325
heavy1340
astonedc1374
sheepishc1380
dull-witteda1387
lourd1390
steerishc1411
ass-likea1425
brainless?a1439
deafc1440
sluggishc1450
short-witted1477
obtuse1509
peakish1519
wearish1519
deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520
doileda1522
gross1526
headlessa1530
stulty1532
ass-headed1533
pot-headed1533
stupid?1541
sheep's head1542
doltish1543
dumpish1545
assish1548
blockish1548
slow-witted1548
blockheaded1549
surd1551
dull-headed1552
hammer-headed1552
skit-brained?1553
buzzardly1561
witless1562
log-headeda1566
assy1566
sottish1566
dastardly1567
stupidious1567
beetle-headed1570
calvish1570
bluntish1578
cod's-headed1578
grout-headed1578
bedaft1579
dull-pated1580
blate1581
buzzard-like1581
long-eared1582
dullard1583
woodena1586
duncical1588
leaden-headed1589
buzzard1592
dorbellical1592
dunstical1592
heavy-headeda1593
shallow-brained1592
blunt-witted1594
mossy1597
Bœotian1598
clay-brained1598
fat1598
fat-witted1598
knotty-pated1598
stupidous1598
wit-lost1599
barren1600
duncifiedc1600
lourdish1600
stockish1600
thick1600
booby1603
leaden-pated1603
partless1603
thin-headed1603
leaden-skulledc1604
blockhead1606
frost-brained1606
ram-headed1608
beef-witted1609
insulse1609
leaden-spirited1609
asininec1610
clumse1611
blockheadly1612
wattle-headed1613
flata1616
logger-headeda1616
puppy-headeda1616
shallow-patedc1616
thick-brained1619
half-headed1621
buzzard-blinda1625
beef-brained1628
toom-headed1629
thick-witted1634
woollen-witted1635
squirrel-headed1637
clod-pated1639
lean-souled1639
muddy-headed1642
leaden-witteda1645
as sad as any mallet1645
under-headed1646
fat-headed1647
half-witted1647
insipid1651
insulsate1652
soft-headed1653
thick-skulleda1657
muddish1658
non-intelligent1659
whey-brained1660
sap-headed1665
timber-headed1666
leather-headeda1668
out of (one's) tree1669
boobily1673
thoughtless1673
lourdly1674
logger1675
unintelligenta1676
Bœotic1678
chicken-brained1678
under-witted1683
loggerhead1684
dunderheaded1692
unintelligible1694
buffle-headed1697
crassicc1700
numbskulled1707
crassous1708
doddy-polled1708
haggis-headed1715
niddy-noddy1722
muzzy1723
pudding-headed1726
sumphish1728
pitcher-souleda1739
duncey1743
hebete1743
chuckheaded1756
dumb1756
duncely1757
imbecile1766
mutton-headed1768
chuckle-headed1770
jobbernowl1770
dowfarta1774
boobyish1778
wittol1780
staumrel1787
opaquec1789
stoopid1791
mud-headed1793
borné1795
muzzy-headed1798
nog-headed1800
thick-headed1801
gypit1804
duncish1805
lightweight1809
numbskull1814
tup-headed1816
chuckle-pate1820
unintellectuala1821
dense1822
ninnyish1822
dunch1825
fozy1825
potato-headed1826
beef-headed1828
donkeyish1831
blockheadish1833
pinheaded1837
squirrel-minded1837
pumpkin-headed1838
tomfoolish1838
dundering1840
chicken-headed1842
like a bump on a log1842
ninny-minded1849
numbheadeda1852
nincompoopish1852
suet-brained1852
dolly1853
mullet-headed1853
sodden1853
fiddle-headed1854
numb1854
bovine1855
logy1859
crass1861
unsmart1861
off his chump1864
wooden-headed1865
stupe1866
lean-minded1867
duffing1869
cretinous1871
doddering1871
thick-head1873
doddling1874
stupido1879
boneheaded1883
woolly-headed1883
leaden-natured1889
suet-headed1890
sam-sodden1891
dopey1896
turnip-headed1898
bonehead1903
wool-witted1905
peanut-headed1906
peanut-brained1907
dilly1909
torpid-minded1909
retardate1912
nitwitted1917
meat-headed1918
mug1922
cloth-headed1925
loopy1925
nitwit1928
lame-brained1929
dead from the neck up1930
simpy1932
nail-headed1936
square-headed1936
dingbats1937
pinhead1939
dim-witted1940
pea-brained1942
clueless1943
lobotomized1943
retarded1949
pointy-headed1950
clottish1952
like a stunned mullet1953
silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954
out to lunch1955
pin-brained1958
dozy1959
eejity1964
out of one's tiny mind1965
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
twatty1975
twattish1976
blur1977
dof1979
goofus1981
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
numpty1992
cockish1996
1965 ‘W. Haggard’ Hard Sell vi. 68 Why don't you use your tiny mind?
1970 K. Benton Sole Agent vi. 71 We'd had a row... I was nearly out of my tiny mind.
1977 D. Beaty Excellency xix. 215 Everyone with the possible exception of H. E. was scared out of their tiny British minds.
B. n.
1. A very small amount: = tine n.6 (perhaps only a copyist's error for this.) Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a very small amount
shredc1000
farthingsworthc1325
pennyworthc1330
incha1350
sliverc1374
chipa1393
gnastc1440
Jack1530
spoonful1531
crumba1535
spark1548
slight1549
pin's worth1562
scruple1574
thought1581
pinch1583
scrap1583
splinter1609
ticket1634
notchet1637
indivisible1644
tinyc1650
twopence1691
turn of the scale(s)1706
enough to swear by1756
touch1786
scrimptiona1825
infinitesimal1840
smidgen1841
snuff1842
fluxion1846
smitchel1856
eyelash1860
smidge1866
tenpenceworth1896
whisker1913
tidge1986
c1650 Lord of Learne 272 in F. J. Furnivall Percy Folio (1867) I. 192 Thou hast striken the Lord of learne a litle tinye aboue the knee.
2.
a. A tiny one, a very small child, an infant. Usually in plural tinies (cf. grown-up n.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]
childOE
baban?c1225
fauntekin1377
infant1382
babea1393
fauntelet1393
babyc1400
lakinc1440
mop1440
chrisomer1574
tenderling1587
chrisom1596
childling1648
flosculet1648
bratling1652
lullaby-cheat1665
strangera1674
child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675
hoppet1695
tot1725
bambino1761
weanie1786
tiny1797
dot1800
trudgeon1814
toddle1825
toddles1828
yearnling1829
dab1833
toddler1837
baba1841
arrival1846
teeny-tiny1849
toddlekins1852
mite1853
trot1854
babelet1856
nestler1866
spoon-child1868
bubby1885
chavvy1886
bub1889
kiddy1889
toddleskin1890
newborn1893
kidlet1899
kidling1899
bubba1906
bundle of joy1924
liddly1929
mammet1932
snork1941
kiddywink1957
sproglet1987
1797 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. July (1973) III. 326 He..hesitated before he could persuade himself to give at all to any bigger Children, if they came accompanied by tinies.
1863 ‘Holme Lee’ Annis Warleigh II. 270 The little ones..marshalled by the infant class mistress, and by Alice who was a clever manager amongst the very tinies.
1883 Sword & Trowel Jan. 37 Sure to please the growing tinies.
1883 G. Meredith Love in Valley xxii When she was a tiny.
b. A nickname for a very large or tall man. Cf. titch n.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > person
mart1722
staup1825
corn-stalk1827
skyscraper1847
skelper1854
tiny1931
lofty1933
1931 Literary Digest 18 Apr. 40 A big fat guy will be called ‘Babe’ or ‘Tiny’.
1976 Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr. 12/8 He is 6ft 7in tall and not unnaturally, is known as ‘Tiny’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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