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purr-fect

purr-fect is the alternative form of purrfect.

Meaning of purrfect

Adjective

purrfect (comparative more purrfect, superlative most purrfect)

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Perfect, in contexts relating to cats.
    • Obligatory cat pun coming up . . . this book is a purrfect gift for the cat lady or cat dude in your life.2013, NPR book review, quoted on the praise page of John Bradshaw, Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, Basic Books (2013), unnumbered page

Forms of purr-fect

comparativemore purr-fect
superlativemost purr-fect

Questions about purr-fect

What is purr-fect the alternative form of?
Purr-fect is the alternative form of purrfect.

Words near purr-fect in the dictionary

  1. purpurous
  2. purpuroxanthin
  3. purr
  4. purr word
  5. purr words
  6. purr-fect
  7. purranormal
  8. purre
  9. purred
  10. purree
  11. purrees

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