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mousy

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mous·y

   [mou-see, -zee]
adjective, mous·i·er, mous·i·est.
1.
resembling or suggesting a mouse, as in color or odor.
2.
drab and colorless.
3.
meek; timid: A drill sergeant can't be mousy!
4.
quiet; noiseless: a mousy tread.
5.
infested with mice.
Also, mousey.

Origin:
1805–15; mouse + -y1

Related forms
mous·i·ly, adverb
mous·i·ness, noun

Synonyms
3. fearful, shy, bashful, timorous.

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mousy or mousey (ˈmaʊsɪ)
 
—adj , mousier, mousiest
1.  resembling a mouse, esp in having a light brown or greyish hair colour
2.  shy or ineffectual: a mousy little woman
3.  infested with mice
 
mousey or mousey
 
—adj
 
'mousily or mousey
 
—adv
 
'mousiness or mousey
 
—n

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mousy
1812 with reference to quietness; 1853, of color; from mouse + -y (2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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