Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

catophile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: catophile
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who is extremely fond of cats.

Informal

Example Sentences

"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."
"Once someone becomes a confirmed catophile, he can rarely resist the pleasure of owning a cat again."
"Wycliffe, an incurable catophile, stooped to stroke the cat but Kemp stopped him."

Etymology

From cat + -o- + -phile.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: cat
Suffix: -o-

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

catophiles (plural)

Synonyms

ailurophile cataholic catlover

Questions

What does catophile mean?: One who is extremely fond of cats.
Where does catophile come from?: From cat + -o- + -phile.

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