different between tiny vs peerie

English

Alternative forms

• tyny (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ni/

• Rhymes: -a?ni

Adjective

tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)

1. Very small.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• huge
• great

Derived terms

• tininess
• tinily

Translations

Noun

tiny (plural tinies)

1. A small child; an infant.
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:

     ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’

   • 1982, Young children in China (page 84)

     The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).

2. Anything very small.

Translations

Anagrams

• tiyn

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???i

Adjective

peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)

1. (chiefly Shetland and Orkney) Small, tiny.

Noun

peerie (plural peeries)

1. A Shetland sheepdog.
2. Alternative form of peery (“spinning top”)

Scots

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• peedie (Orkney, modern)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?ri/

Adjective

peerie (comparative peerier, superlative peeriest)

1. (Orkney, Shetland) small, little, tiny

Derived terms

• Peerie Sea (a placename, literally “little sea”)
• peerie folk (fairies, literally “little folk”)

Usage notes

• In modern Orcadian Scots, peedie gradually replaces this term.

Etymology 2

From peer (“pear”) +? -ie, due to the resemblance of some spinning tops to pears.

Noun

peerie (plural peeries)

1. A spinning top.

Descendants

• ? English: peery

References

• “peerie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• Flaws, Margaret; Lamb, Gregor (1996) The Orkney Dictionary, Kirkwall, Orkney: Orkney Language and Culture Group, published 2001, ?ISBN