adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a mouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: mouselike, murine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mouselike, murine
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mousy
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmaʊsi/
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rhymes with -aʊsi
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CMU ARPABET: M AW1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Resembling a mouse.
Quiet; stealthy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mouselike, murine
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Resembling a mouse.
Timid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mouselike, murine
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Resembling a mouse.
Of a greyish-brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mouselike, murine
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Abounding in or infested with mice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
Diminutive of mouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, diminutive, form-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mousekin, mouselet, mouseling
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
infested with mice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mousey
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
quiet and timid and ineffectual
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mousey
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a mousy brownish-grey color
- mousy hair
- mouse-colored hair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mousey, mouse-colored, mouselike
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Germanic *mūs Proto-West Germanic *mūs Old English mūs Middle English mous English mouse Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mousy From mouse + -y (forms adjectives from nouns).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Germanic *mūs Proto-West Germanic *mūs Old English mūs Middle English mous English mouse Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mousy From mouse + -y (forms diminutives).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: мышы́ны (myšýny) — resembling a mouse
- Bulgarian: ми́ши (míši) — resembling a mouse
- Czech: myší — resembling a mouse
- German: mausgrau — resembling a mouse
- Polish: mysi — resembling a mouse
- Russian: мыши́ный (myšínyj) — resembling a mouse
- Slovak: myšací — resembling a mouse
- Ukrainian: ми́шачий (mýšačyj) — resembling a mouse