mousie

English

Etymology

mouse +‎ -ie

Noun

mousie (plural mousies)

  1. 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:
  2. (fishing) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.

Translations
(diminutive or childish) mouse — see mousekin
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