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Definition of Mousy

1. Adjective. Quiet and timid and ineffectual.

2. Adjective. Infested with mice.

3. Adjective. Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse. "Mouse-colored hair"

Definition of Mousy

1. a. Infested with mice; smelling of mice.

Definition of Mousy

1. Adjective. Resembling a mouse ¹

2. Adjective. Quiet, stealthy ¹

3. Adjective. Timid ¹

4. Adjective. A greyish brown colour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mousy

1. resembling a mouse [adj MOUSIER, MOUSIEST] - See also: mouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mousy

moust moustache moustache cup moustached moustached warbler moustacheless moustachelike moustaches moustachio moustachio'd

moustachioed moustachios mousted mousting mousts mousy (current term) moutan moutans mouter moutered

mouterer mouterers moutering mouters mouth mouth-breather mouth-breathers mouth-footed mouth-made mouth-part

Literary usage of Mousy

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

1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"And if you draw it on a tree by the river when you're fishing, I'll know you want me to walk most most mousy-quiet, so as not to shake the banks. ..."

2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1903)
"The disease was of long standing; there were scattered bald patches all over the scalp ; in places several sulphur-coloured cups; a mousy odour. ..."

3. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1867)
"It evolved a strong heavy mousy odour. When 14 ounces of the spirit had percolated, I collected f 5ss in a watch-glass, and allowed it to evaporate ..."

4. Pinafore Palace: A Book of Rhymes for the Nursery by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith (1907)
"... mM was once a little mouse, mousy, ... mousy, In the housy, Little mouse! nN was once a little needle, Needly, Tweedly, ..."

5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1903)
"And if you draw it on a tree by the river when you're fishing, I'll know you want me to walk most most mousy-quiet, so as not to shake the banks. ..."

6. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1903)
"The disease was of long standing; there were scattered bald patches all over the scalp ; in places several sulphur-coloured cups; a mousy odour. ..."

7. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1867)
"It evolved a strong heavy mousy odour. When 14 ounces of the spirit had percolated, I collected f 5ss in a watch-glass, and allowed it to evaporate ..."

8. Pinafore Palace: A Book of Rhymes for the Nursery by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith (1907)
"... mM was once a little mouse, mousy, ... mousy, In the housy, Little mouse! nN was once a little needle, Needly, Tweedly, ..."

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