Meaning

noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

noun an informal term for a youth or man

noun a spiteful woman gossip

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *kattuz Proto-West Germanic *kattu Old English catt Middle English cat English cat From Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt (“male cat”), catte (“female cat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kattu, from Proto-Germanic *kattuz, generally thought to be from Late Latin cattus (“domestic cat”) (c. 350, Palladius), from Latin catta (c. 75 A.D., Martial), possibly…

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