titmouse – English noun declension

Noun: titmouse

Singular	titmouse
Plural	titmice; titmouses

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like titmouse

green louse, mouse, titmouse, green-louse,

Etymology

From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse. See: Middle English Nouns 'titmose', Old English Nouns 'māse', Dutch Nouns 'mees', German Nouns 'Meise', Old Norse Nouns 'meisingr', French Nouns 'mésange'.

Verbs referencing "titmouse"

Middle English Nouns mose, French Nouns mésange.