ailurophiliac

English

Alternative forms

• aelurophiliac
• ailourophiliac
• elurophiliac

Etymology

From ailuro- (“cat”, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros)) +‎ -philiac.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: īl'yo͝oərəfĭʹlĭăk, IPA^(key): /ˌaɪljʊəɹəˈfɪlɪ.æk/
• (General American) enPR: īlo͝o'rəfĭʹlēăk, IPA^(key): /aɪˌlʊɹəˈfɪliæk/

Adjective

ailurophiliac (not comparable)

1. Appropriate or pleasing to ailurophiles.
   • 1981, American Book Collector‎^[1], volume 2, Moretus Press, page 15:

     The year 1927 also produced a splendidly ailurophiliac Black Cat, with woodcuts by Gyula Zilzer, in Middle European style.

   • 1989, Nicolas Slonimsky, Lectionary of Music, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 126:

     She dies, he dies. They become transfigured in some sort of ailurophiliac heaven and live happily ever after.

   • 2001, Katharine M. Rogers, The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield‎^[2], University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 24 May 2011, page 95:

     Gautier’s love of cats was notable even in his ailurophiliac time and place: Nadar made a famous caricature of him sitting plump and happy in his study with a crowd of cats occupying every inch of available space.

   • 2006, Katharine M. Rogers, Cat‎^[3], Reaktion Books, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 September 2006, page 91:

     Théophile Gautier’s love of cats was notable even in his ailurophiliac time and place. One of his favourites, Madame Théophile, was ‘so called because she lived with me on a footing of conjugal intimacy’, following him everywhere and at mealtime often hooking morsels ‘on their way from my plate to my mouth’.

Related terms

• ailurophile
• ailurophilia
• ailurophilic