peedie

• peedy

Scots peedie, alteration of peerie.

peedie (comparative more peedie, superlative most peedie)

1. (Scotland, chiefly Caithness, Orkney) Small, little. [from 20th c.]
   • 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.

peedie

1. alternative form of peerie

• “peedie, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 24 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.