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early 19th century: variant of tiny.
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From tiny.
From teen + -y. See teen(“grief”).
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teeny (adj.)
1825, alteration of tiny; teeny-tiny attested from 1867. Alternative form teensy is attested from 1856 (teensy-weensy is from 1872). Also teenty (1844).
