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Word Meanings - SHREWMOUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.

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  • SHREW
    Wicked; malicious. Chaucer.
  • ESPECIALLY
    In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.
  • SHREWISH
    having the qualities of a shrew; having a scolding disposition; froward; peevish. My wife is shrewish when I keep not hours. Shak. -- Shrew"ish*ly, adv. -- Shrew"ish*ness, n.
  • SHREWMOUSE
    A shrew; especially, the erd shrew.
  • SHREWD
    1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. Chaucer. hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by.
  • WATER SHREW
    Any one of several species of shrews having fringed feet and capable of swimming actively. The two common European species are the best known. The most common American water shrew, or marsh shrew , is rarely seen, owing to its nocturnal habits.
  • BESHREW
    To curse; to execrate. Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak. Note: Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt.

 

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