Definition of Mousey

1. Adjective. Infested with mice.

Exact synonyms: Mousy
Partainyms: Mouse, Mouse
Derivative terms: Mouse, Mouse

2. Adjective. Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse. "Mouse-colored hair"
Exact synonyms: Mouse-colored, Mouselike, Mousy
Similar to: Chromatic

3. Adjective. Quiet and timid and ineffectual.
Exact synonyms: Mousy
Similar to: Timid
Derivative terms: Mouse, Mouse

Definition of Mousey

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of mousy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mousey

1. mousy [adj MOUSIER, MOUSIEST] - See also: mousy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mousey

mouseproof
mouser
mouseries
mousers
mousery
mouses
mouses over
mousetail
mousetail pulse
mousetails
mousetrapped
mousetrapping
mousetraps
mousework
mousey (current term)
mousie
mousier
mousies
mousiest
mousily
mousiness
mousinesses
mousing
mousing over
mousings
mousle
mousled
mousles
mousling

Literary usage of Mousey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pidgin-English Sing-song; Or, Songs and Stories in the China-English Dialect by Charles Godfrey Leland (1887)
"An' mousey go to ... He mousey ffin all ... An' allo-tim t'ey make one sing-song, Sing-song how mousey ..."

2. Pidgin-English Sing-song; Or, Songs and Stories in the China-English Dialect by Charles Godfrey Leland (1887)
"An' mousey go to ... He mousey ffin all ... An' allo-tim t'ey make one sing-song, Sing-song how mousey ..."

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