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flitter-mouse|ˈflɪtəmaʊs|
Also 8 (9 dial.) flutter-.
[f. flitter v. + mouse, in imitation of Ger. fledermaus (OHG. fledermûs, MHG. vledermûs) or Du. vledermuis (in Kilian vledder-muys), f. the vb. which appears in OHG. as fledarôn to flutter. Cf. flicker-, flindermouse.]
A bat.
1547Boorde Brev. Health lvi. 25 b, The bloude of a backe or flytter mouse. 1637B. Jonson Sad Sheph. ii. ii, Giddy flitter-mice with leather wings! 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 530 Vespertilio, the Batt or Flutter-mouse. 1870Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 39 The dreadful daylight has come, the flitter-mouse is blind.
b. Used as a term of playful endearment.
1610B. Jonson Alch. v. iv, My fine flitter-mouse, My bird o' the night. |