mice

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

//maɪs//

To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).

Substantiv

1
Auch eine Form von mouseplural of mouse

Herkunft

From Middle English mys, mice, muis, mise, mis, from Old English mȳs (“mice”), from an umlauted form of Proto-Germanic *mūsiz (“mice”), nominative and vocative plural of Proto-Germanic *mūs (“mouse”). Compare Scots mice, mise, myse, myce (“mice”), West Frisian mûzen (“mice”), Dutch muizen (“mice”), German Mäuse (“mice”), Swedish möss (“mice”), Faroese mýs (“mice”), Icelandic mýs (“mice”). More at mouse.

Verb

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To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).
That cat's mysin, he doesn't see the dog coming.
A breakfast diner might describe an incident with someone who was "not too tightly wrapped". Or not wanting to waste time on someone who was always "micin". Another breakfast guest might explode with "what'chu mean?", only to be told half-jokingly, “Bie ... shut yor mouth”.

Formen

Präteritum: miced
Partizip II: miced
Partizip I: micing
3. Person Singular: mices

mic · A microfarad.Mic · A river in Romania.Micah · A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

mice · To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).

Michael · A male given name from Hebrew.Michaels · A surname.Michel · A male given name from French, equivalent to English Michael.

Die Nachbarseiten — Die alphabetische Reihenfolge folgt den Regeln der Sprache, nicht den Bytewerten: Ein Akzent entscheidet nur zwischen zwei sonst gleichen Wörtern, und das Spanische führt Ñ als eigenen Buchstaben.