Noun
wee hours pl (plural only)
The very early morning; the early morning hours; the nighttime hours following midnight, when most people are asleep.
Some of those more out-there jokes were written in the wee hours of the morning. Somehow, they remained funny the next day. Seth MacFarlane
The tour life definitely puts strains on your body, not just because of the dancing but because of the fact that you are traveling into the wee hours of the day, getting up early, going to sound check - just the grueling process of it all. Harry Shum, Jr.
It was the wee hours of the morning, when even the heartbeat of the world had trouble thumping on. Glen Cook
My mother fed my love of demons, science fiction, and paranormal. She was a devout horror movie fan who kept me up until the wee hours to watch Outer Limits, Night Gallery, Twilight Zone, and Star Trek. We lived to watch those reruns. Sherrilyn Kenyon