"mousy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmaʊsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mousy.wav Forms: mousier [comparative], mousiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊsi Etymology: From mouse + -y (forms adjectives from nouns). Etymology templates: {{af|en|mouse|-y|id2=adjectival|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
  2. Resembling a mouse.
    Timid.
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-adj-UXnyHf4m
  3. Resembling a mouse.
    Of a greyish-brown colour.
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-adj-ZSS0RZ9S
  4. Resembling a mouse.
    Sense id: en-mousy-en-adj-5LUhocWG
  5. Abounding in or infested with mice. Categories (topical): Browns Categories (lifeform): Murids
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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), mausgrau [colour, color] (German), mysi (Polish), мыши́ный (myšínyj) (Russian), myšací (Slovak), ми́шачий (mýšačyj) (Ukrainian)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'resembling a mouse': 25 25 25 25 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaʊsi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mousy.wav Forms: mousies [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊsi Etymology: From mouse + -y (forms diminutives). Etymology templates: {{af|en|mouse|-y|id2=diminutive|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-YGz4oWbt Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 1 1 13 1 36 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mousey
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "mouse",
          "mouse#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(childish) diminutive of mouse."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mousekin"
        },
        {
          "word": "mouselet"
        },
        {
          "word": "mouseling"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish",
        "diminutive",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaʊsi/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊsi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mousey"
    },
    {
      "word": "mousie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mousy"
}

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  "msg": "''Resembling a mouse.'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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    "mousy"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "mousy",
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}

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