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mousery en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English mouse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English mousery From mouse + -ery.

Meanings

1. (rare) A place where mice are kept and bred.
   • There was indeed a mousery of vast proportions, far from general view on an upper floor. . . . A member of the Institute's research staff, unaware of its existence and unexpectedly admitted, found himself in a city of mice, thousands of them, elaborately housed and cared for. 1965, George Washington Corner, A History of the Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Univ. Press, p. 228 (Google preview)

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