Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cat-ness
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being a cat.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"My theory is that every person contains a certain predetermined essence of either catness or dogness; a rare few contain essences of both. Catness is caution, privacy, order, mind; dogness is impulsiveness, sociability, chaos, body."
"For example, every cat is different, but all cats share the same catness because they participate in the cat form."
"The cat didn't have a sense of what a witch was, and didn't care, but it was willing to tolerate his catness as long as he maintained proper deference."

Etymology

From cat + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cat

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does catness mean?: The quality of being a cat.
Where does catness come from?: From cat + -ness.

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