puss-catn.

Brit.

/ˈpʊskat/, U.S.

/ˈpʊsˌkæt/

Forms: see puss n.¹ and cat n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puss n.¹, cat n.¹

Etymology: < puss n.¹ (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + cat n.¹

Chiefly nursery and colloquial.

A cat; (also) a person exhibiting characteristics associated with a cat. Cf. pussycat n.Also used as a pet or proper name and as a term of endearment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun]

cata800

bad?a1325

gibc1400

baudrons?a1500

house cat?1527

puss-cata1529

puss1533

puss1598

mewer1611

mewler1611

Tibert1616

malkina1627

grimalkin1630

meower1632

miauler1632

pussycat1698

pussy1699

tigerkin1849

moggie1911

pussums1912

mog1926

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.ii Lyke your pus cate Parrot can mute and cry In lattyn, in Ebrew, Araby and Caldey.

1565 Kyng Daryus (Brandl) 304 He shall go play with my mothers pussecat.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A pusse-kat, a kitlin.

1604 W. Terilo Fr. Bacon's Proph. 171 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) IV. 274 The Pus-Cat and the Dogge, For safegard from the stealth Of Rats, and Mise, and Wolfe, and Foxe.

1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker i. sig. C1^v Oh my poore Pusse-cat.

1663 T. Porter Witty Combat v. i A very Pusscat, a subtle Carrion, and a cursed cheat.

1701 T. D'Urfey Bath ii ii. 17 And shall my little Puss Cat have a Collar?

?1776 F. Burney in E. Hahn Degree of Prudery (1950) viii. 125 How should she love a silly, drunken, old painted Puss Cat? tho' the best Mother under heaven.

1876 O. M. Brown Poems 288 Th' puss-cat scrudled a-vigging her claw.

1915 J. Galsworthy Bit o' Love i. 19 Old puss-cat!

1939 L. Olivier in Sunday Tel. (2005) 14 Aug. (Review section) 2 My heart and my soul adore and rejoice in you today and forever beloved wonderful little pusscat.

1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. xii. 184 You's the hep-cat what stole Mr. Vial's puss-cat!

1985 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Feb. He [sc. Leslie Sarony] once admitted that he was responsible for some of Britain's silliest songs, including..Don't Do That to the Poor Puss Cat.

2005 Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. 23 Now I learn that something new has indeed turned up: a beast like an oversized puss-cat with a huge bushy tail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puss-cat
释义	puss-catn. Brit. /ˈpʊskat/, U.S. /ˈpʊsˌkæt/ Forms: see puss n.¹ and cat n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: puss n.¹, cat n.¹ Etymology: < puss n.¹ (although this is apparently first attested slightly later) + cat n.¹ Chiefly nursery and colloquial. A cat; (also) a person exhibiting characteristics associated with a cat. Cf. pussycat n.Also used as a pet or proper name and as a term of endearment. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] cata800 bad?a1325 gibc1400 baudrons?a1500 house cat?1527 puss-cata1529 puss1533 puss1598 mewer1611 mewler1611 Tibert1616 malkina1627 grimalkin1630 meower1632 miauler1632 pussycat1698 pussy1699 tigerkin1849 moggie1911 pussums1912 mog1926 a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. A.ii Lyke your pus cate Parrot can mute and cry In lattyn, in Ebrew, Araby and Caldey. 1565 Kyng Daryus (Brandl) 304 He shall go play with my mothers pussecat. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A pusse-kat, a kitlin. 1604 W. Terilo Fr. Bacon's Proph. 171 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1866) IV. 274 The Pus-Cat and the Dogge, For safegard from the stealth Of Rats, and Mise, and Wolfe, and Foxe. 1636 W. Sampson Vow Breaker i. sig. C1^v Oh my poore Pusse-cat. 1663 T. Porter Witty Combat v. i A very Pusscat, a subtle Carrion, and a cursed cheat. 1701 T. D'Urfey Bath ii ii. 17 And shall my little Puss Cat have a Collar? ?1776 F. Burney in E. Hahn Degree of Prudery (1950) viii. 125 How should she love a silly, drunken, old painted Puss Cat? tho' the best Mother under heaven. 1876 O. M. Brown Poems 288 Th' puss-cat scrudled a-vigging her claw. 1915 J. Galsworthy Bit o' Love i. 19 Old puss-cat! 1939 L. Olivier in Sunday Tel. (2005) 14 Aug. (Review section) 2 My heart and my soul adore and rejoice in you today and forever beloved wonderful little pusscat. 1957 C. MacInnes City of Spades ii. xii. 184 You's the hep-cat what stole Mr. Vial's puss-cat! 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Feb. He [sc. Leslie Sarony] once admitted that he was responsible for some of Britain's silliest songs, including..Don't Do That to the Poor Puss Cat. 2005 Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. 23 Now I learn that something new has indeed turned up: a beast like an oversized puss-cat with a huge bushy tail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1529
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