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ailurophiliac en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • īlo͝o'rəfĭʹlēăk (General-American)
  • /ˌaɪljʊəɹəˈfɪlɪ.æk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • īl'yo͝oərəfĭʹlĭăk (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /aɪˌlʊɹəˈfɪliæk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From ailuro- (“cat”, from Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros)) + -philiac.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Appropriate or pleasing to ailurophiles.
    • She dies, he dies. They become transfigured in some sort of ailurophiliac heaven and live happily ever after. 1989, Nicolas Slonimsky, Lectionary of Music, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 126:
    • The year 1927 also produced a splendidly ailurophiliac Black Cat, with woodcuts by Gyula Zilzer, in Middle European style. 1981, American Book Collector, volume 2, Moretus Press, page 15:
    • Gautier’s love of cats was notable even in his ailurophiliac time and place: Nadar made a famous caricature of him sitting plump and happy in his study with a crowd of cats occupying every inch of available space. 2001, Katharine M. Rogers, The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 24 May 2011, page 95:

Relateds

ailurophilic · ailurophilia · ailurophile