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dormouse

noun
/ˈdɔɹ.maʊs/US/ˈdɔː.maʊs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English dormowse, 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.

  1. derived from dár
  2. inherited from dormowse

Definitions

  1. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.

    • Restoration such as this must work around wildlife habitats, and NR came to discover that almost the entire line was a haven for dormice.

  2. A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound…

    A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

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Derived

fat dormouse, garden dormouse, Japanese dormouse, Oriental dormouse

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA