• Catlore

    Origin

    cat + lore

    Full definition of catlore

    Noun

    catlore

    (uncountable)
    1. folklore relating to cats
      • 1973, Arkansas State University, Mid-South folklore: Volumes 1-5If catlore is scarce in the above genres, it develops prominence in the realm of superstition and belief.
      • 1978, The Armchair Detective: Volume 11These two images in catlore — the watchful cat and the cat emblem of the transit from life to death — merge in the cat clues appearing in mystery novels.
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