Catself
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 […]"
Example
More examples"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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