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itsy-bitsy

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

itsy-bitsy(s = adj.all) bittie, bitty, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny - (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"

itsy-bitsy, a.

very small; tiny. [WordNet 1.5]

"It was an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini
that she wore for the first time today." [PJC]

itsy-bitsy, adj. (also itty-bitty) colloq. usu. derog. tiny, insubstantial, slight.

Etymology

redupl. of LITTLE, infl. by BIT(1)

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