noun
Meaning 1
plural of mouse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
mice
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Sound
Pronunciation
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mīs
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/maɪs/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪs
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CMU ARPABET: M AY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Bermuda
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History
Etymology
From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.