catness

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noun

The quality of being a cat.

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Meanings

nouncatness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being a cat.

    For example, every cat is different, but all cats share the same catness because they participate in the cat form.

    2009, Naomi Zack, The Handy Philosophy Answer Book, page 31
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    My theory is that every person contains a certain predetermined essence of either catness or dogness; a rare few contain essences of both. Catness is caution, privacy, order, mind; dogness is impulsiveness, sociability, chaos, body.

    2002, Rebecca McClanahan, The Riddle Song & Other Rememberings, page 110

    The cat didn't have a sense of what a witch was, and didn't care, but it was willing to tolerate his catness as long as he maintained proper deference.

    2013, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Promises to Keep, page 125

Origin

From cat + -ness.

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APA

catness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catness

MLA

“catness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catness.

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