Catamountain
//kætəˈmaʊntɪn// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis). also, attributive
"Goe, charge my Goblins that they grinde their ioynts / With dry Convultions, ſhorten vp their ſinewes / With aged Cramps, & more pinch-ſpotted make them, / Than Pard, or Cat o' Mountaine."
- 2 bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat wordnet
- 3 A man living in the mountains. broadly
Example
More examples"Goe, charge my Goblins that they grinde their ioynts / With dry Convultions, ſhorten vp their ſinewes / With aged Cramps, & more pinch-ſpotted make them, / Than Pard, or Cat o' Mountaine."
Etymology
From Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).
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