{
    "term": "wee",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very small in size",
            "labels": "(especially Scottish English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a wee girl"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who was that wee lassie who was here last night?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "small in amount; little",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just a wee drop of milk for me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I felt **a wee bit** guilty about it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I might be a wee bit late."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Come inside for a wee dram."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We danced into the wee small hours of the morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I woke in the wee hours."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wiː/",
                "audio": "we/wee/wee__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wiː/",
                "audio": "we/wee/wee__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adjective Middle English (originally a noun use in Scots, usually as a little wee ‘a little bit’): from Old English wēg(e) ‘balance, weight’, of Germanic origin."
}