souoris

Norman

Alternative forms

• souothis (Jersey)

Etymology

From Latin sorex, soricis (“shrew, shrewmouse”).

Noun

souoris m (plural souoris)

1. (Guernsey, France) mouse
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 542:

     Chu qu' nou n'a jamais veu, et jamais ne verra,
     Ch'est le nic d'une souaris dans l'oreille d'un cat.

     One thing you have never seen and will never see, a mouse's nest in a cat's ear.