weeness

weeness
noun
the property of being very small in size
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hence the minuteness of detail in the painting

• Derivationally related forms: ↑wee, ↑tiny (for: ↑tininess), ↑petite (for: ↑petiteness), ↑minute (for: ↑minuteness), ↑diminutive (for: ↑diminutiveness)
• Hypernyms: ↑smallness, ↑littleness

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ˈweeness rare.
[f. wee n.1 and a.]
Smallness.
Jamieson's Sc. Dict. s.v.

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