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.

Categories »

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

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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.

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).

单词	tiny
释义	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. Categories » 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). < adj.n.1598
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