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English
Etymology
Scots peedie, alteration of peerie.
Adjective
peedie (comparative more peedie, superlative most peedie)
- (Scotland, chiefly Caithness, Orkney) Small, little.
1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 66:Johnny, I just can't resist them peedie white socks with the blue ring round the tops.
Scots
Adjective
peedie
- Alternative form of peerie
References
- “peedie, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.