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dormouse

English

Etymology

From Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin. Possibly from a dialectal *dor-, from Old Norse dár (“benumbed”) + mous (“mouse”). More at doze, mouse.

The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an Anglo-Norman derivative of Old French dormir (“to sleep”) (as *dormouse (“tending to be dormant”), with second element mistaken for mouse), but no such Anglo-Norman term is known to have existed.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?d??ma?s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d??ma?s/

Noun

dormouse (plural dormice)

  1. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
  2. Glis glis, the edible dormouse
  3. (Britain) Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
  4. (figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

Derived terms

  • Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

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fieldmouse

English

Noun

fieldmouse (plural fieldmice)

  1. Alternative spelling of field mouse

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