This week’s theme
A cat-alogue of words

This week’s words
pussophilist
catlap
philofelist

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(fi-LOF-uh-list)

MEANING:

noun: A lover of cats.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek philo- (love) + Latin feles (cat). Earliest documented use: 1843.

NOTES:

Don’t mix up philofelist (cat-lover) with philofelon (felon-lover), unless your favorite feline moonlights as a cat burglar.

USAGE:

“Dr. Southey, who is known to be a philofelist, and confers honours upon his cats according to their services, has raised one to the highest rank in peerage.”
Robert Southey; The Doctor, Vol 7; Longman; 1834.

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