ailurocide

English

Etymology

From ailuro- (“cat”) +‎ -cide (“killing”).

Noun

ailurocide (uncountable)

1. The killing of a cat.
   • 1955, James D[aniel] McCrae, Experimental Breeding; Genetics of the Feline‎^[1], Caribou, Me.: Caribou Publishing Company, page 8:

     Your thoughts consider Ailurocide combined with a little homicide justifiable.

   • 1993 September, WBAI Folio, page 18:

     As we go to press we receive word of the passing of Senior Correspondent Pussifica T. Catt, by ailurocide at the hands of an animal rights activist.

   • 1995 June 19, New York, page 93:

     It’s been a tough week for cabaret megastar Sherry Vine in her alter ego Keith Levy’s new solo drag comedy: Falsely accused of ailurocide, condemned to the hot seat, defended by the usual celebrity rabble (Edith Piaf, Aimee McPherson, Sally Struthers), and—ouch—branded ‘Kitty Killer!’ by the tabs.

   • 2004, Kevin Jackson, Withnail & I (BFI Modern Classics), British Film Institute, →ISBN, page 44:

     And one must agree that Monty can be very alarming, especially on the matter of his cat, which drives him into frenzies of rage and fantasies of ailurocide.

Synonyms

• catslaughter
• felicide

Translations

the killing of a cat — see catslaughter