purrfect

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adjective

Perfect, in contexts relating to cats.

UncommonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivepurrfect (comparative more purrfect, superlative most purrfect)

comparative more purrfect · superlative most purrfect · alternative purr-fect

  1. colloquialhumorousPerfect, in contexts relating to cats.

    Obligatory cat pun coming up . . . this book is a purrfect gift for the cat lady or cat dude in your life.

    2013, NPR book review, quoted on the praise page of John Bradshaw, Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, Basic Books (2013), unnumbered page
    2 more examples

    For a “purrfect” Halloween costume, I make a black tail and pin it to the back of my dress, glue two black felt ears onto a hair band, and draw little black whiskers below my nose that I've rouged slightly pink.

    2013, Sandra Magsamen, Living Artfully: A Heart-full Guide of Ideas and Inspirations That Celebrate Life, Love, and Moments That Matter, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN

    Now, Oscar was the most wonderful pet; attentive, affectionate, strangely thoughtful for a cat, a purrfect cat.

    2015, Marty Whelan, That’s Life, Gill & Macmillan, →ISBN

Origin

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

perfectbut often with greater emphasis on the first syllable
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APA

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Chicago

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