Kath

name

name ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, or related names.

    "During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail."

Example

More examples

"I suspect Kath still has the pillar and stones."

Etymology

Shortening.

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