Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling a mouse, especially.
- adjective Having a drab, pale brown color.
- adjective Having small sharp features.
- adjective Quiet; timid; shy.
- adjective Infested with mice.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or relating to a mouse or the color or smell of a mouse.
- Abounding with mice.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Infested with mice; smelling of mice.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
mouse - adjective Quiet, stealthy
- adjective Timid
- adjective A greyish brown colour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective infested with mice
- adjective quiet and timid and ineffectual
- adjective of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
Etymologies
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Examples
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First Impression: Irma is described as mousy in both demeanor and appearance.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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First Impression: Irma is described as mousy in both demeanor and appearance.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy.
Evening Standard - Home Jasmine Gardner 2012
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Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy.
Evening Standard - Home Jasmine Gardner 2012
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Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy.
Evening Standard - Home Jasmine Gardner 2012
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Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy.
Evening Standard - Home Jasmine Gardner 2012
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Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy.
Evening Standard - Home Jasmine Gardner 2012
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Verdict: At the start, my hair would best be described as mousy.
Evening Standard - Home Jasmine Gardner 2012
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He seems to be channeling his inner William Hurt, doing a kind of mousy performance with bad glasses that reminded me of Hurt in The Doctor or other movies of his from twenty-some years back.
German Wheat, Winter Crop The Brillig Blogger 2008
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He seems to be channeling his inner William Hurt, doing a kind of mousy performance with bad glasses that reminded me of Hurt in The Doctor or other movies of his from twenty-some years back.
Archive 2008-12-01 The Brillig Blogger 2008
Prolagus commented on the word mousy
Sunbeam shone, mousy girl on the end pew
You'd stay home, oh if only they'd let you
Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie.
(Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie, by Belle and Sebastian)
September 8, 2008