mousie
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mousie (plural mousies)
- Alternative form of mousy (“(diminutive or childish) a mouse”).
- 1785, Robert Burns, To A Mouse:
- But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, / In proving foresight may be vain:
- (fishing) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.
Translations edit
(diminutive or childish) mouse — see mousekin