Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: micelike, mousy
Antonyms: none provided
adv
In a mouselike way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: postpositional
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: mousy, mousey, mouse-colored
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English mouse Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English mouselike From mouse + -like.
