Catlore

Origin

cat + lore

Full definition of catlore

Noun

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.