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cataholic

cataholic noun: one who is extremely fond of cats.

Noun

cataholic (plural cataholics)

  1. (informal) One who is extremely fond of cats.
    • Without the fur and purr, we wouldn't be the cataholics that we are today.2000, Bob Walker & Frances Mooney, Crazy Cats, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2000), unnumbered page (acknowledgements)
    • Where once only farmers and "cataholics" kept cats, today they are in all types of households, especially in homes with a history of dog-keeping and little knowledge of feline behavior.2007, Bruce Fogle, If Your Cat Could Talk, DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 6

Synonyms of cataholic

Forms of cataholic

pluralcataholics

Origin of cataholic

From cat + -aholic.

Questions about cataholic

What does cataholic mean?
Cataholic means one who is extremely fond of cats.
What part of speech is cataholic?
Cataholic is a noun.
What is the plural of cataholic?
The plural of cataholic is cataholics.

Words near cataholic in the dictionary

  1. catagmatic
  2. catagory
  3. catagraph
  4. catagraphs
  5. Cataguingtingan
  6. cataholic
  7. cataholics
  8. Catahoula hog dog
  9. Catahoula hog dogs
  10. Catahoula leopard dog
  11. Catahoula leopard dogs

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