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Wee vs Ould - What's the difference?

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Wee is a synonym of ould.


As a noun wee

is .

As an adjective ould is

(slang|ireland) old, aged, long-established.

wee

English

(wikipedia wee)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (15c).

Adjective

(er)
  • (Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 73:
    • I had not seen a wee' boy do it like that before. He was ' weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
    You looked a little cold so I lit a wee fire.

    References

    * Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)

    Etymology 2

    Unknown

    Noun

    (-)
  • (colloquial, uncountable) urine
  • (colloquial) An act of urination.
    • to have a wee
    Synonyms
    * wee wee * See also * See also

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To urinate.
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Anagrams

    * * English terms with homophones English terms with unknown etymologies ----

    ould

    English

    Alternative forms

    * auld, oul'

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang, Ireland) old, aged, long-established
  • * "The Ould Lammas Fair takes place in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim on the last Monday and Tuesday in August. It's one of the oldest fairs in Ireland"
    • The Ould Lammas Fair from irishcultureandcustoms.com
  • * "But, begonnies, in three months I was able to send home for the ouldest little girl--she was only nine years of age."Maguire, John Francis The Irish in America, CHAPTER XVI....concluded (1868)
  • * "maybe they'd come round you to play wid you, an' then what's the harum, barrin' they're not any o' the grown brats, as ould or oulder than yourself, that you're behoulden to keep at a distance"Banim, John The Nowlans , Vol. 1, Chap. 3 (1825)
    • (-)
  • (slang, Ireland) term of denigration
  • * "Sonny'll tell you all about it, but pay no heed to him. He's only an ould goat anyway."Taylor, Patrick An Irish Country Doctor , p.85 [ISBN 0765319950] Macmillan (2008)
  • (slang, Ireland) term of diminution (often affectionate)
  • * for home entertainment they then have to endure the bloody Afternoon Show on RTE, all that bullshit about cookery and clothes and celebrity gossip, when all they want is an ould song from Johnny McEvoy.Lynch, Declan " Why those poor ould fellas deserved to have their say" Sunday Independent (October 14 2007)

    • Usage notes

    Used in s of popular speech.

    Derived terms

    * ould fella * ould one * Ould Sod

    Synonyms

    * old: See also * term of denigration: old, stupid, piffling, bloody * term of diminution: old, wee

    References

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