Meanings
plural cataholics
- informalOne who is extremely fond of cats.
Without the fur and purr, we wouldn't be the cataholics that we are today.
2000, Bob Walker & Frances Mooney, Crazy Cats, Andrews McMeel Publishing (2000), unnumbered page (acknowledgements)2 more examples
Where once only farmers and "cataholics" kept cats, today they are in all types of households, especially in homes with a history of dog-keeping and little knowledge of feline behavior.
2007, Bruce Fogle, If Your Cat Could Talk, DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 6“Maybe I need to send you to House Cats Anonymous,” he teased. “Hello, my name is Jake and I'm a cataholic. I can't stop eating them alive.”
2007, Debra White Smith, Heather, Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 250Synonyms: ailurophile, catlover, catophile
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who is extremely fond of cats.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*kattuz
- Proto-West Germanic*kattu
- Old Englishcatt
- Middle Englishcat
- Englishcat
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishalcoholic
- Englishcataholic
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Cite this entry
cataholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataholic
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