Creepmouse
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An extremely timid and unassuming person. derogatory, mildly
""Pho! pho ! — I do not believe a word of it. Lord Basingstoke is one of those shy young men who are very much attached to any one who will take the trouble of making love to them ; — one of those creepmice who run away with their mother's waiting-maid, or marry an actress for want of courage and patience to encounter the formalities of an honourable courtship. […]"
- 1 Timid and unassuming in the extreme. derogatory, mildly
"Indeed but you must, for we cannot excuse you. It need not frighten you; it is a nothing of a part, a mere nothing, not above half a dozen speeches altogether, and it will not much signify if nobody hears a word you say, so you may be as creepmouse as you like, but we must have you to look at."
Example
More examples"Indeed but you must, for we cannot excuse you. It need not frighten you; it is a nothing of a part, a mere nothing, not above half a dozen speeches altogether, and it will not much signify if nobody hears a word you say, so you may be as creepmouse as you like, but we must have you to look at."
Etymology
From creep + mouse, from a likening of a person's character and/or behaviour to that of a small, timorous, and often unseen rodent.
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