See Also: Titmouse(medicine)
titmouse(dictionary)

titmouse (iou)



titmouse noun. . ME.
[from TIT noun4 + Old English mase = Middle Low German, Middle Dutch mese (Dutch mees), Old High German meisa (German Meise), from West Germanic; assim. to MOUSE noun in 16.]
A bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae; = TIT noun4 3. Freq. with specifying word. ME.
blue titmouse, coal titmouse, great titmouse, long-tailed titmouse, etc.
A small, petty, or insignificant person or thing. Long rare. L16.