souoris

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sorex, soricis (“shrew, shrewmouse”).

Noun

souoris m (plural souoris)

  1. (Guernsey, continental) mouse
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎[1], page 542:
      Chu qu' nou n'a jamais veu, et jamais ne verra,
      Ch'est le nic d'une souaris dans l'oreille d'un cat.
      One thing you have never seen and will never see, a mouse's nest in a cat's ear.
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