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Definition of Mousey

1. Adjective. Infested with mice.

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

3. Adjective. Quiet and timid and ineffectual.

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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