catship
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The role, status, or classification of a cat, sometimes humorously used as a form of address.
Example Sentences
- "The "cat fad," as it is often called by the uninitiated, is not new by any means, for his catship was an object of veneration among the ancient Egyptians, and one scarcely wonders at it when he sees some of the fine blooded animals that can boast of an ancestry as long and aristocratic as many an English lord."
- "One night when poor Dick had been for a day or two so sick that I feared his catship might die, after we rose from our silent prayers Mr. Gamble said: "Bishop, do you know whom I have been praying for? […]""
- "His catship was raptly intent on mice in what at home would be called the barn chamber, but he submitted to be caught, introduced to and stroked by the most noted personage in France, somewhat alarmed, for he fears men, […]"
- "He said it smelt as frowzily as a dovecote or a dog kennel, and contained 'four of their stern affrighting catships' that is, lions, as well as a 'tiger', a 'catamountain', a hyaena, three eagles, two outlandish owls, and a two-legged dog; […]"