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How to spell mouse
What it means: A small rodent often found in homes.
In a sentence: The little mouse nibbled on some cheese.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as mous or mousee.
Same family: mousing, moused, sneak, creep, prowl. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: This verb sense of “mouse” comes from comparing a person’s quiet, careful movement to the way a small mouse moves. The animal name “mouse” goes back to Old English and is related to ancient words in many European languages that described small rodents.
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