mice
/maɪs/
verb
To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).
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Verb 1 meaning
To be distracted or inattentive (possibly alluding to a cat being distracted by a mouse).
Where it comes from
Etymology
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”).
MICE at a glance
MICE has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (M 3 + I 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,069 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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