"teenty" meaning in All languages combined

See teenty on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: teentier [comparative], teentiest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|teentier}} teenty (comparative teentier, superlative teentiest)
  1. (informal) Very small; teensy. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-teenty-en-adj-rl3j9RjC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Numeral [English]

Etymology: * ten + -ty Perhaps from Old English hundtēontiġ (compare hundseofontiġ, hundeahtatiġ, hundniġontiġ, hundendleftiġ, and hundtwelftiġ for modern seventy, eighty, ninety, and nonstandard eleventy, twelfty, reflecting the old Germanic hybrid base-ten and base-twelve numbering system); perhaps reconstructed based on eleventy etc. and -teen. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ten|ty}} ten + -ty, {{cog|ang|hundtēontiġ}} Old English hundtēontiġ Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} teenty
  1. (nonstandard) One hundred (100), especially a short hundred when considering long hundreds. Tags: nonstandard Synonyms: short hundred Related terms: eleventy
    Sense id: en-teenty-en-num-s~usuiWU Categories (other): English cardinal numbers, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hundred Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Hundred: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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