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Adjective: mousey  maw-see
  1. Quiet and timid and ineffectual
    "He had a mousey personality that often went unnoticed";
    - mousy
     
  2. Of something having a drab pale brown colour resembling a mouse
    "a mousey brownish-grey colour";
    - mousy, mouse-colored [US], mouselike, mouse-coloured [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. Infested with mice
    "The old barn was mousey, with evidence of rodent activity everywhere";
    - mousy

See also: chromatic, timid

Encyclopedia: Mousey