colourpointcolorpointadj.n.
/ˈkʌləpɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈkələrˌpɔɪnt/ A. adj.
Of a cat, or a breed or variety of cat: having a pattern of coat colour resembling that of the Siamese cat, with face, ears, paws, and tail of a darker colour than the body. Cf. point n.1 22e, seal point n.
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1955 Fur & Feather 10 Mar. 208 (heading) They're coloured-pointed Persians.]
1958 Times 18 Aug. 4/3 The feature of the show was the award of best long-haired kitten to Mr. Stirling Webb's blue colourpoint female.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Aug. c16/5 Among the cats whose owners have brought them to show will be colorpoint shorthair, Persian, Russian blue, [etc.].
2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xi. 146 She was one of those whippet-thin workaholics—with short legs and the large head of a Colorpoint cat—who bragged about needing only four hours of sleep a night.
B. n.
A cat, or a breed or variety of cat, of this kind.
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1958 Times 18 Aug. 4/3 The colourpoints are long-haired cats reproducing the colours of the Siamese.
1999 K. L. Davis Ragdoll Cat 11/2 While Ragdolls are blue-eyed colorpoints, RagaMuffins are recognized in many more colors.
2010 Your Cat Feb. 23/1 From her, I acquired Izzy, a dark blue colourpoint—my first breeding queen-to-be, hopefully.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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