mouse-colouredmouse-coloredadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊsˌkʌləd/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊsˌkələrd/

Forms: see mouse n. and coloured adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., coloured adj.

Etymology: < mouse n. + coloured adj. Compare mouse-colour adj.

Of the colour of the common house mouse; grey with a yellowish-brown tint; (esp. of the hair): light dull brown, mousy.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > yellowish grey

mouse-coloured1605

mouse-colour1607

mouse-dun1686

putty-coloured1820

beige1879

beige-coloured1879

greige1927

1605 A. Phillips Will 4 May in E. K. Chambers William Shakespeare (1930) II. viii. 73 Item, I geve to Samuell Gilborne my late apprentice, the some of fortye shillings, and my mouse colloured velvit hose, and a white taffety dublet.

1687 London Gaz. No. 2307/4 Lost..a little Greyhound,..her Ears Mouse-coloured,..and several Mouse-coloured spots on her Body.

1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. v. 46 A mouse-colour'd English Bull-dog.

1787 Town & Country Mag. May 226/2 A mouse-coloured spring velvet with silk flowers.

1849 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 7 Aug. in Gold Rush (1944) I. i. 75 Vertical cliffs of a mouse-colored sand-stone.

1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland (1867) ix. 129 The mouse-coloured horse which I am riding is crossed..with black streaks.

1900 Daily News 10 Feb. 6/3 The rest of the dress was mouse-coloured cloth.

2000 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 13 Mar. 7 I could wear that, he said, pouncing on a large mouse-coloured jumper.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouse-coloured
释义	mouse-colouredmouse-coloredadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊsˌkʌləd/, U.S. /ˈmaʊsˌkələrd/ Forms: see mouse n. and coloured adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouse n., coloured adj. Etymology: < mouse n. + coloured adj. Compare mouse-colour adj. Of the colour of the common house mouse; grey with a yellowish-brown tint; (esp. of the hair): light dull brown, mousy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > yellowish grey mouse-coloured1605 mouse-colour1607 mouse-dun1686 putty-coloured1820 beige1879 beige-coloured1879 greige1927 1605 A. Phillips Will 4 May in E. K. Chambers William Shakespeare (1930) II. viii. 73 Item, I geve to Samuell Gilborne my late apprentice, the some of fortye shillings, and my mouse colloured velvit hose, and a white taffety dublet. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2307/4 Lost..a little Greyhound,..her Ears Mouse-coloured,..and several Mouse-coloured spots on her Body. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. v. 46 A mouse-colour'd English Bull-dog. 1787 Town & Country Mag. May 226/2 A mouse-coloured spring velvet with silk flowers. 1849 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 7 Aug. in Gold Rush (1944) I. i. 75 Vertical cliffs of a mouse-colored sand-stone. 1861 F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland (1867) ix. 129 The mouse-coloured horse which I am riding is crossed..with black streaks. 1900 Daily News 10 Feb. 6/3 The rest of the dress was mouse-coloured cloth. 2000 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 13 Mar. 7 I could wear that, he said, pouncing on a large mouse-coloured jumper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1605
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