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cat-footed en · ADJ

Etymology

From cat + footed. First use appears c. 1593. See cite below.

Meanings

1. (literally, not-comparable) Possessing feet resembling a cat.
2. (figuratively, idiomatic, not-comparable) Soft-footed like a cat; quiet or stealthy while walking.
   • Gulfe-breſted is he, ſilent and profound, / Cat-footed for ſlie pace, and without ſound. 1593, Everard Guilpin (published by Oxford University Press), Facsimiles, Volumes 1-4 (a publication of Skialetheia, or A Shadowe of Truth, in Certaine Epigrams and Satyres), page 23:

Deriveds

cat-footedness

cat-footed en · VERB

Etymology

From cat + footed. First use appears c. 1593. See cite below.

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of cat-foot
   form of cat-foot