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cat-footed

cat-footed adjective: possessing feet resembling a cat. Also the simple past and past participle of cat-foot.

Adjective

cat-footed (not comparable)

  1. (literally) Possessing feet resembling a cat.
  2. (figuratively, idiomatic) Soft-footed like a cat; quiet or stealthy while walking.
    • Gulfe-breſted is he, ſilent and profound, / Cat-footed for ſlie pace, and without ſound.1593, Everard Guilpin (published by Oxford University Press), Facsimiles, Volumes 1-4 (a publication of Skialetheia, or A Shadowe of Truth, in Certaine Epigrams and Satyres), page 23

Also used as

cat-footed is also the simple past and past participle of cat-foot.

Origin of cat-footed

From cat + footed. First use appears c. 1593. See cite below.

Words formed from cat-footed

Questions about cat-footed

What does cat-footed mean?
Cat-footed means possessing feet resembling a cat.
What part of speech is cat-footed?
Cat-footed is an adjective.

Words near cat-footed in the dictionary

  1. cat-eyed
  2. cat-eyes
  3. cat-flap
  4. cat-flaps
  5. cat-foot
  6. cat-footed
  7. cat-footedness
  8. cat-footing
  9. cat-foots
  10. cat-fur
  11. cat-girl

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