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FromMiddle Englishtine,tyne(very small) +-y. Perhaps fromtine.

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tiny (comparativetinier,superlativetiniest)

  1. Verysmall.
    • 2013 July-August,Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, inAmerican Scientist:
      Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs oftiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifyingtiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

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very small

Noun

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tiny (pluraltinies)

  1. A small child; aninfant.
    • 1924,Ford Madox Ford,Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published2012, page28:
      ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was atiny.’
    • 1982,Young children in China, page84:
      The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for thetinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
  2. Anything very small.
    • 1956, Victoria Sackville-West,Even More For Your Garden, page102:
      Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, thetinies? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.

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small child

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