Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wee small hours

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
wee s-mal-l- hours
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of wee hours.

Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Scots wee sma' hours (first attested in 1819).

Usage

Inflected Forms

wee small hour (singular)

Synonyms

wee hours

Questions

What does wee small hours mean?
Synonym of wee hours.
Where does wee small hours come from?
From Scots wee sma' hours (first attested in 1819).

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