What is the meaning of mousy?

adjective

  • Quiet and timid and ineffectual.
  • Infested with mice.
  • Of something having a drab pale brown color resembling a mouse.
    • usage: "a mousy brownish-grey color"; "mousy hair"; "mouse-colored hair"
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