cataholic

English

Etymology

From cat +‎ -aholic.

Noun

cataholic (plural cataholics)

1. (informal) One who is extremely fond of cats.
   • 2000, Bob Walker & Frances Mooney, Crazy Cats, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2000), →ISBN, unnumbered page (acknowledgements):

     Without the fur and purr, we wouldn't be the cataholics that we are today.

   • 2007, Bruce Fogle, If Your Cat Could Talk, DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:

     Where once only farmers and "cataholics" kept cats, today they are in all types of households, especially in homes with a history of dog-keeping and little knowledge of feline behavior.

   • 2007, Debra White Smith, Heather, Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 250:

     “Maybe I need to send you to House Cats Anonymous,” he teased. “Hello, my name is Jake and I'm a cataholic. I can't stop eating them alive.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cataholic.

Synonyms

• ailurophile, catlover, catophile

Hyponyms

• cat lady

Anagrams

• acatholic, catholica, chaotical