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The Dormouse is the very sleepy creature Alice meets at the Mad Tea Party.

The origins of the word dormouse are not entirely clear. It is possible it comes from dormir - the French for to sleep, but it might also be from dormeuse - one who sleeps.

It has been suggested that it originates in French but came into English from the Anglo-Norman dormeus - inclined to sleep.

All of these words have their root in the Latin dormire - to sleep.

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