Ailurophiliac
Pronunciation
- RP enPR: Ä«lyoÍoÉ™'rÉ™fÄʹlÄ.ăk, IPA: /aɪˌljʊəɹəˈfɪlɪ.æk/
Origin
From Ancient Greek αἴλουÏος (ailouros, "cat") + English -philiac (-philia + -ac), on the pattern of paedophiliac.
Full definition of ailurophiliac
Adjective
ailurophiliac
- Appropriate or pleasing to ailurophiles.
- 1981: American Book Collector, volume 2, page 15 〃 (Moretus Press)The year 1927 also produced a splendidly ailurophiliac Black Cat, with woodcuts by Gyula Zilzer, in Middle European style.
- 1989: Nicolas Slonimsky, Lectionary of Music, page 126 (McGraw-Hill; ISBN 007058222X, 9780070582224)She dies, he dies. They become transfigured in some sort of ailurophiliac heaven and live happily ever after.
- 2001: Katharine M. Rogers, The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield, page 95 (University of Michigan Press
- Gautier’s love of cats was notable even in his ailurophiliac time and place: Nadar made a famous caricature of him sitting plump and happy in his study with a crowd of cats occupying every inch of available space.
- 2006: Katharine M. Rogers, Cat, page 91 (Reaktion Books
- Théophile Gautier’s love of cats was notable even in his ailurophiliac time and place. One of his favourites, Madame Théophile, was ‘so called because she lived with me on a footing of conjugal intimacy’, following him everywhere and at mealtime often hooking morsels ‘on their way from my plate to my mouth’.