Catness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being a cat. uncountable

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From cat + -ness.

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