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catself en · NOUN

Etymology

cat + self

Meanings

1. (nonce-word) A feline self; the individual nature of a cat.
   • I am stroking the old cat, Moshy, […] until there comes a moment when she is no longer aware of who she is and who I am, she is just her primordial passionate catself in the throes of cosmic movement, and in that instant of forgetting she lashes at me with fangs and claws […] 2003, Brett Bailey, The Plays of Miracle & Wonder, page 37:
   • […] and catwrapping her fat cattail / round her catself to her catnose / where her cattail would filter catair […] 2017, Elizabeth E. Marshall, Pathways, page 76:
   • "I'm turning into me catself, then," said John. "Minus the fleas!" and he started changing. 2007, Alice J. Capen, The Secret Adventures of John, Paul, George and Ringo:
   • She personified the unique catself, owning who she was. She spoke her mind in cateze and never let me stray far from my writing path. 2009, Joanna Devrais, Hearthstories: A Modern Woman's Quest for the Essential Self, page xiii:

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