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catlikeness

catlikeness noun: the quality of being catlike; felinity.

Noun

catlikeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being catlike; felinity.
    • For example Victor Brauner's Woman into Cat incorporates catlikeness into the eye, the hand, and produces as it were a double flower sprouting from the breast.1986, Anna Balakian, Surrealism: The Road to the Absolute, University of Chicago Press, page 190

Origin of catlikeness

From catlike + -ness.

Questions about catlikeness

What does catlikeness mean?
Catlikeness means the quality of being catlike; felinity.
What part of speech is catlikeness?
Catlikeness is a noun.

Words near catlikeness in the dictionary

  1. Catlick
  2. catlicker
  3. catlickers
  4. Catlicks
  5. catlike
  6. catlikeness
  7. catlin
  8. catline
  9. catlines
  10. catling
  11. catlings

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