incy wincy

incy wincy

English

Adjective

incy wincy (comparative more incy wincy, superlative most incy wincy)

1. (childish, informal) Very small.
   • 1995, A. S. Byatt, Alan Hollinghurst, New writing, Volume 4

     I started to look at our valley, and at our incy-wincy bit of settlement in its tuck of green, like a tiny leaf had fallen. And everything was flat.

   • 1998, Alison Kelly, Man about the House

     Fourteen incy-wincy pearl buttons that needed to be pushed through a presumably corresponding number of loops. By him.

   • 2007, The Bulletin (volumes 6559-6566)

     There's an incy wincy amount of fruit sweetness, but chill it down and it drinks tremendously.

Synonyms

• itsy bitsy

Related terms

• eensy