mous
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
mous
- second-person singular present indicative of moure
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
mous
- masculine plural of mou
Noun
mous m
- plural of mou
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English mūs, from Proto-West Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Germanic *mūs, from Proto-Indo-European *múHs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːs/
- Rhymes: -uːs
Noun
mous (plural mys)
- mouse or shrew (small rodent)
- (figurative) A coward; one lacking courage.
- (figurative) A feeble or unimportant individual.
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Descendants
References
- “mǒus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 May 2018.