catess
catess noun: synonym of she-cat.
Noun
catess (plural catesses)
- Synonym of she-cat.
- I merely add that after a short acquaintance between the Monkey and the Lioness, a Cat and Catess made their appearance to the great surprise and no small scandal of the whole social circle.[…]Anubis, worshipped since under the name of Mercury, was transformed into a Dog; Diana, who according to a...1852, Charles Hale, editor, To-day, a Boston Literary Journal, volume I, Boston: Redding and Co., pages 147, 165
- Besides the animals of the neighbourhood, for whom Madame Ahavzi kept open table on certain days, she kept of her own two cats and four catesses, which she took a great deal more care of than if they had been human beings.1873, Stories from Over the Sea, Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, page 160
- Synonyms:
- she-cat
Examples of catess in a sentence
- No one could dream for a moment that any respectable and well brought up catess could be attracted by such a fearful storm of profanity and discord.1882, The Australian Journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, Science, and Art, volume 18, page 148, column 1:
- Now are the wild, weird songs of night / Borne to us through the open lattices, / And wake us up in sore affright— / Some are cats and some are catesses. / — St.1884, Life, volume 4, page 28, column 2:
- All the political cats and catesses know me.2011, Ian Martin, The Coalition Chronicles, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, pages 79–80:
- There was a handsome ginger cat at the steering wheel wearing a magnificent white coat, a scarf and goggles, and next to him a pure grey catess in a frilly white dress and bonnet.2017, Adam Browne, Imperium Lupi, Dayfly Publications:
Synonyms of catess
Forms of catess
| plural | catesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cattess |
Origin of catess
From cat + -ess.
Questions about catess
- What does catess mean?
- Catess means synonym of she-cat.
- How do you use catess in a sentence?
- No one could dream for a moment that any respectable and well brought up catess could be attracted by such a fearful storm of profanity and discord.
- What part of speech is catess?
- Catess is a noun.
- What is the plural of catess?
- The plural of catess is catesses.
Words near catess in the dictionary
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