Catself

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A feline self; the individual nature of a cat. nonce-word

    "I am stroking the old cat, Moshy, […] until there comes a moment when she is no longer aware of who she is and who I am, she is just her primordial passionate catself in the throes of cosmic movement, and in that instant of forgetting she lashes at me with fangs and claws […]"

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"I am stroking the old cat, Moshy, […] until there comes a moment when she is no longer aware of who she is and who I am, she is just her primordial passionate catself in the throes of cosmic movement, and in that instant of forgetting she lashes at me with fangs and claws […]"

Etymology

cat + self

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