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mousy(dictionary)

mousy(1) (iou)



mousy adjective. Also mousey. E19.
[from MOUSE noun + -Y1.]
Of or pertaining to mice, mouselike; of the nature or appearance of a mouse; (esp. of the hair) greyish-brown in colour; fig. (of a person) shy, quiet, timid, ineffectual. E19.
D. Livingstone We inhaled..the heavy mousy smell. M. West A small mousy fellow stood up. L. R. Banks Thin, pale,..with this mousy hair.
Containing mice, infested with mice. L19.
M. Spark Mrs. Hogg..climbing to her mousy room.
mousily adverb E20.
mousiness noun L19.