英和和英

語源

cat +‎ -o- +‎ -phile

名詞

catophile (複数形 catophiles)

1. (informal) One who is extremely fond of cats.
   • 1922, "The Race of Tom", The Atlantic Monthly, September 1922, 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, The Cat Compendium (ed. Ann Currah), 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.

同意語

• ailurophile, cataholic, catlover

下位語

• cat lady

アナグラム

• Hopcalite, phacolite