mice
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 4
Definition of mice
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of mouse
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noun
- (form-of, plural)plural of mouse
verb
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To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).
“That cat's mysin, he doesn't see the dog coming.”
“A breakfast diner might describe an incident with someone who was "not too tightly wrapped". Or not wanting to waste time on someone who was always "micin". Another breakfast guest might explode with "what'chu mean?", only to be told half-jokingly, “Bie ... shut yor mouth”.”
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Etymology
From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare…
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From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.
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