"mousy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈmaʊsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mousy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mousier [comparative], mousiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊsi Etymology: From mouse + -y (forms adjectives from nouns). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mouse|y|pos2=forms adjectives from nouns}} mouse + -y (forms adjectives from nouns) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} mousy (comparative mousier, superlative mousiest)
  1. Resembling a mouse.
    Quiet; stealthy.
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-adj-m3oC5lM0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 11 30 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 19 27 15 23 16
  2. Resembling a mouse.
    Timid.
    Categories (lifeform): Murids
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-adj-UXnyHf4m Disambiguation of Murids: 22 29 12 19 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 11 30 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 19 27 15 23 16
  3. Resembling a mouse.
    Of a greyish-brown colour.
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-adj-ZSS0RZ9S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 11 30 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 19 27 15 23 16
  4. Abounding in or infested with mice. Categories (topical): Browns
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-adj-WnCRFnhm Disambiguation of Browns: 4 7 28 44 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 11 30 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 19 27 15 23 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mousey Derived forms: mousy brown Translations (resembling a mouse): мышы́ны (myšýny) (Belarusian), ми́ши (míši) (Bulgarian), myší (Czech), mysi (Polish), мыши́ный (myšínyj) (Russian), myšací (Slovak), ми́шачий (mýšačyj) (Ukrainian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'resembling a mouse': 33 33 33 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmaʊsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mousy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mousies [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊsi Etymology: From mouse + -y (forms diminutives). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mouse|y|pos2=forms diminutives}} mouse + -y (forms diminutives) Head templates: {{en-noun}} mousy (plural mousies)
  1. (childish) Diminutive of mouse. Tags: childish, diminutive, form-of Form of: mouse Synonyms: mousekin, mouselet, mouseling, mousie Related terms: mousie
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-noun-43-OdChh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 11 30 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 19 27 15 23 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mousey
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.