mousie (plural mousies)
(diminutive or childish) A mouse.
(angling) A rat-tailed maggot used as bait.
Source: Wiktionary
Mous"ie, n.
Definition: Diminutive for Mouse. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 June 2025
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
