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MOUSY
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Irregular inflected forms: mousier , mousiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quiet and timid and ineffectual
Synonyms:
mousey; mousy
Classified under:
Similar:
timid (showing fear and lack of confidence)
Derivation:
mouse (person who is quiet or timid)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
Example:
mouse-colored hair
Synonyms:
mouse-colored; mouselike; mousey; mousy
Classified under:
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Infested with mice
Synonyms:
mousey; mousy
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)
Derivation:
mouse (any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails)
