catophile

English

Etymology

From cat +‎ -o- +‎ -phile.

Noun

catophile (plural catophiles)

1. (informal) One who is extremely fond of cats.
   • 1922 September, “The Race of Tom”, in The Atlantic Monthly, page 424:

     Nobody can love Dickens and Thackeray equally well. The catophile will inevitably choose Thackeray, and prefer Baudelaire to either. On a le sens de chat, ou on ne l'a pas.

   • 1969, Ann Currah, editor, The Cat Compendium, page 65:

     Once someone becomes a confirmed catophile, he can rarely resist the pleasure of owning a cat again.

   • 1996, W. J. Burley, Wycliffe and the House of Fear, page 28:

     Wycliffe, an incurable catophile, stooped to stroke the cat but Kemp stopped him.

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

Synonyms

• ailurophile, cataholic, catlover

Hyponyms

• cat lady

Anagrams

• Hopcalite, phacolite