tomcatn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtɒmkat/, U.S.

/ˈtɑmˌkæt/

Forms: 1700s– tomcat; English regional (west midlands) 1800s tumcat; also Scottish 1800s– tamcat.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tom , cat n.¹

Etymology: < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹, and compare sense 4a at that entry) + cat n.¹ With sense A. 2 and the use as adjective compare slightly later tomcatting n.Probably originating in the use of Tom as a conventional or generic name for a cat (attested from at least the mid 18th cent.), perhaps popularized by the publication in 1760 of an anonymous work ‘The Life and Adventures of a Cat’, the hero of which, a male cat, bore the name of Tom, and is commonly mentioned as ‘Tom the Cat’. Compare:1760 Life & Adventures of Cat iv. 11 Tom the Cat is born of poor but honest parents.1772 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer (rev. ed.) v. 192 And, like Tom puss, o'er pantiles dance.1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi (1793) 141 Cats..Of titles obsolete, or yet in use, Tom, Tybert, Roger, Rutterkin, or Puss. In form tamcat with alteration after Tam, Scots form of the male forename Tom.

A. n.

1. A male cat.

ΘΚΠ

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

Gilbert?a1500

boar-cat1607

ram-cat1672

tomcat1772

tomling1821

Tom1826

1772 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer (rev. ed.) vi. 252 There was but one a real maid, And she so very ugly, that You'd take her for a great Tom cat.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 293 The devil fetch that tom-cat!

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xii. 101 It's enough to make a Tom cat talk French grammar.

1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool xxvii, in Macmillan's Mag. June 112/2 A cur..unexpectedly confronted by a large tomcat.

1903 Speaker 14 Feb. 486/2 Where is the centurion who has ever commanded a tom-cat, the astronomer who predicted the movements of a tabby?

1949 M. C. Gay How to live with Cat xi. 175 A tomcat sprays whiffs of cat smell about in the hope of luring a maiden feline.

2009 Times 30 Oct. ii. 9/2 An old tomcat curled his tail around Keats's gravestone.

2. colloquial (originally U.S.). A man who goes in pursuit of women for sexual gratification; a lecherous or sexually promiscuous man; a womanizer.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lecher

lecherc1175

lechererc1380

router1531

twigger1573

luxur1604

bitch-hunter1611

whorehopper1664

swinge-bow1675

tomcat1884

chippy chaser1887

alley cat1911

lech1943

stoata1960

shark1981

1884 R. C. Hartranft Jrnl. Solomon Sidesplitter 163 Don't you think I'd tear the eyes out of any tom-cat that dares to look at you for a second?

1933 R. D. Tate Doughman iv. 29 Enough o' that!.. You pink-ribboned Tom-cat!

1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond ii. 22 This was just one of those horrible..tomcats who prowl in cars.

1984 ‘S. Woods’ Bloody Bk. of Law 30 The chap's a bit of a tomcat by his own admission.

2016 Scottish Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 July 49 He's..a selfish, tawdry tomcat who can't keep his trousers zipped up.

B. adj. (attributive).

Characteristic of a tomcat; crudely lecherous, sexually promiscuous; womanizing, philandering. Cf. sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous

lecherous1303

lickerous1377

cocky1549

cockish?1555

lickering1578

codding1594

salt1598

lickerish1599

rewish1617

tentiginous1631

liquorsome1656

salacious1661

lechering1693

horny1889

horn-mad1893

tomcat1899

whorehopping1954

1899 G. B. Shaw in N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 260 Profligate farces and thinly sentimentalized tomcat love tales.

1935 R. Chandler in Black Mask June 34/2 Let's go to Reno, get married... I'm sick of this tomcat life.

1978 J. Sherwood Limericks of Lachasse vii. 84 Why business, dear? Why not some nasty tomcat form of pleasure?

2008 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 30 Dec. He would advise his son to stop his tomcat ways after his marriage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tomcatv.

Brit.

/ˈtɒmkat/, U.S.

/ˈtɑmˌkæt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tomcat n.

Etymology: < tomcat n. Compare earlier tomcatting n.

slang (originally U.S.).

intransitive. Of a man: to act like a tomcat, esp. to go in pursuit of women for sexual gratification; to behave in a sexually promiscuous manner. Also with around. Cf. alleycat v.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > lust [verb (intransitive)] > be or become lecherous

lecher1382

to go to sault1567

tomcat1917

skirt-chase1943

1917 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 7 Aug. 2/2 Something was said about married man who tom-catted around.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xii. 259 So this is where you tomcat to every night.

1962 H. Green Time to pass Over iii. 42 Don't drink, don't chew, don't tomcat with the women so far as I know.

2002 R. Goulart Groucho Marx, Secret Agent vii. 49 I know you're discreet enough to tomcat only in out-of-the-way locations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tomcat
释义	tomcatn.adj. Brit. /ˈtɒmkat/, U.S. /ˈtɑmˌkæt/ Forms: 1700s– tomcat; English regional (west midlands) 1800s tumcat; also Scottish 1800s– tamcat. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Tom , cat n.¹ Etymology: < the male forename Tom (see Tom n.¹, and compare sense 4a at that entry) + cat n.¹ With sense A. 2 and the use as adjective compare slightly later tomcatting n.Probably originating in the use of Tom as a conventional or generic name for a cat (attested from at least the mid 18th cent.), perhaps popularized by the publication in 1760 of an anonymous work ‘The Life and Adventures of a Cat’, the hero of which, a male cat, bore the name of Tom, and is commonly mentioned as ‘Tom the Cat’. Compare:1760 Life & Adventures of Cat iv. 11 Tom the Cat is born of poor but honest parents.1772 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer (rev. ed.) v. 192 And, like Tom puss, o'er pantiles dance.1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi (1793) 141 Cats..Of titles obsolete, or yet in use, Tom, Tybert, Roger, Rutterkin, or Puss. In form tamcat with alteration after Tam, Scots form of the male forename Tom. A. n. 1. A male cat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > male Gilbert?a1500 boar-cat1607 ram-cat1672 tomcat1772 tomling1821 Tom1826 1772 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer (rev. ed.) vi. 252 There was but one a real maid, And she so very ugly, that You'd take her for a great Tom cat. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 293 The devil fetch that tom-cat! 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xii. 101 It's enough to make a Tom cat talk French grammar. 1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool xxvii, in Macmillan's Mag. June 112/2 A cur..unexpectedly confronted by a large tomcat. 1903 Speaker 14 Feb. 486/2 Where is the centurion who has ever commanded a tom-cat, the astronomer who predicted the movements of a tabby? 1949 M. C. Gay How to live with Cat xi. 175 A tomcat sprays whiffs of cat smell about in the hope of luring a maiden feline. 2009 Times 30 Oct. ii. 9/2 An old tomcat curled his tail around Keats's gravestone. 2. colloquial (originally U.S.). A man who goes in pursuit of women for sexual gratification; a lecherous or sexually promiscuous man; a womanizer. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lascivious or lustful person > lecher lecherc1175 lechererc1380 router1531 twigger1573 luxur1604 bitch-hunter1611 whorehopper1664 swinge-bow1675 tomcat1884 chippy chaser1887 alley cat1911 lech1943 stoata1960 shark1981 1884 R. C. Hartranft Jrnl. Solomon Sidesplitter 163 Don't you think I'd tear the eyes out of any tom-cat that dares to look at you for a second? 1933 R. D. Tate Doughman iv. 29 Enough o' that!.. You pink-ribboned Tom-cat! 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond ii. 22 This was just one of those horrible..tomcats who prowl in cars. 1984 ‘S. Woods’ Bloody Bk. of Law 30 The chap's a bit of a tomcat by his own admission. 2016 Scottish Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 July 49 He's..a selfish, tawdry tomcat who can't keep his trousers zipped up. B. adj. (attributive). Characteristic of a tomcat; crudely lecherous, sexually promiscuous; womanizing, philandering. Cf. sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous lecherous1303 lickerous1377 cocky1549 cockish?1555 lickering1578 codding1594 salt1598 lickerish1599 rewish1617 tentiginous1631 liquorsome1656 salacious1661 lechering1693 horny1889 horn-mad1893 tomcat1899 whorehopping1954 1899 G. B. Shaw in N. Amer. Rev. Aug. 260 Profligate farces and thinly sentimentalized tomcat love tales. 1935 R. Chandler in Black Mask June 34/2 Let's go to Reno, get married... I'm sick of this tomcat life. 1978 J. Sherwood Limericks of Lachasse vii. 84 Why business, dear? Why not some nasty tomcat form of pleasure? 2008 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 30 Dec. He would advise his son to stop his tomcat ways after his marriage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tomcatv. Brit. /ˈtɒmkat/, U.S. /ˈtɑmˌkæt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tomcat n. Etymology: < tomcat n. Compare earlier tomcatting n. slang (originally U.S.). intransitive. Of a man: to act like a tomcat, esp. to go in pursuit of women for sexual gratification; to behave in a sexually promiscuous manner. Also with around. Cf. alleycat v. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > lust [verb (intransitive)] > be or become lecherous lecher1382 to go to sault1567 tomcat1917 skirt-chase1943 1917 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 7 Aug. 2/2 Something was said about married man who tom-catted around. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xii. 259 So this is where you tomcat to every night. 1962 H. Green Time to pass Over iii. 42 Don't drink, don't chew, don't tomcat with the women so far as I know. 2002 R. Goulart Groucho Marx, Secret Agent vii. 49 I know you're discreet enough to tomcat only in out-of-the-way locations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1772v.1917
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