See Also: mousy(1)(dictionary)
mousy(2)(dictionary)
mousy(dictionary)
bifurcate(medicine)
bifurcate(1)(dictionary)
bifurcate(2)(dictionary)
bifurcate(dictionary)
Bifurcate(law)
bifurcate ligament(medicine)

mousy(1) (iou) and bifurcate (oh)


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.

bifurcate (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of bifurcare, from Latin bi- ( BI-) + furca 'fork']
formal if a road, river etc bifurcates, it divides into two separate parts
-- bifurcation /7baIfE5keIFEn ?@ -fEr-/ n [U and C]