cat-footed
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cat + footed. First use appears c. 1593. See cite below.
Adjective
[edit]cat-footed (not comparable)
- (literally) Possessing feet resembling a cat.
- (idiomatic, figuratively) Soft-footed like a cat; quiet or stealthy while walking.
- 1593, Everard Guilpin (published by Oxford University Press), Facsimiles, Volumes 1-4 (a publication of Skialetheia, or A Shadowe of Truth, in Certaine Epigrams and Satyres), page 23:
- Gulfe-breſted is he, ſilent and profound, / Cat-footed for ſlie pace, and without ſound.
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]cat-footed
- simple past and past participle of cat-foot