Definitions for dormouse

dormouse dor·mouse

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

Dormouse is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 284 anagrams from letters in dormouse (demoorsu).

Definitions for dormouse

noun

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

Origin of dormouse

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 dormouse

At this time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world.

"Well, I can't see why he objects to being a dormouse," said the Righthandiron.

"Well, there's a good deal of the dormouse in Lucy," Vera said.

What good does it do you or me or anybody else for me to admit that I am a dormouse, for instance?

It was the orange-tip, and the dormouse rejoiced, for the orange-tip meant spring.

The second hazel on the left,” said the dormouse; “the third hollow from the top.

The dormouse had felt it coming, and had discreetly retired.

If I'll be a dormouse will you take me off on your good time with you?

So is the dormouse tail; but the hairs along it do more than merely part.

His hands seemed too small to catch anything, even a dormouse.

Word Value for dormouse
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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