Definitions for dormice

dormice dor·mouse

Spelling: [dawr-mous]
IPA: /ˈdɔrˌmaʊs/

Dormice is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in dormice (cdeimor).

Definitions for dormice

noun

  1. any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.

Origin of dormice

1400-50; late Middle English dormowse, dormoise; etymology obscure; perhaps AF derivative of Old French dormir to sleep (see dormant), with final syllable reanalyz

Examples for dormice

The gardener assured me it was the dormice which eat it all.

Slaves served the guests with kidneys, dormice, nightingales, mince-meat dressed with vine-leaves.

There are no birds in Muteland, and the only beasts there are dormice and salamanders.

And to tell the truth, it was not often he got a chance of petting his big brother's dormice.

Youre the one who makes them sick, making them sleep like dormice.

These stages have been especially recorded in the case of dormice.

And then, such as it is, it is filled with dormice, who eat everything.

Hedgehogs and dormice and butterflies and sandboys, all in a breath.

Zelinda and her father were so weary that they slept like dormice all night.

In a very few seconds the whole of the lads were as fast asleep as dormice.

Word Value for dormice
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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