peedie
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Scots peedie, alteration of peerie.
Adjective
[edit]peedie (comparative more peedie, superlative most peedie)
- (Scotland, chiefly Caithness, Orkney) Small, little. [from 20th c.]
- 1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 66:
- Johnny, I just can't resist them peedie white socks with the blue ring round the tops.
Scots
[edit]Adjective
[edit]peedie
- Alternative form of peerie
References
[edit]- “peedie, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.