"mouselike" meaning in English

See mouselike in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more mouselike [comparative], most mouselike [superlative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mouse|-like|text=+|tree=1}} 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 [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-like", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-like", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mouselike", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mouselike"> From mouse + -like. Head templates: {{en-adj}} mouselike (comparative more mouselike, superlative most mouselike)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity. Synonyms: micelike, mousy Coordinate_terms: murine, ratlike
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Adverb

Forms: more mouselike [comparative], most mouselike [superlative]
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  1. (postpositive) In a mouselike way. Tags: postpositional Coordinate_terms: ratlike
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Alternative forms

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