catloving

English

Etymology

From cat +‎ loving.

Adjective

catloving (comparative more catloving, superlative most catloving)

1. Fond of cats; enamoured with cats.
   • 1987, Hungarian Digest, Lapkiadó Publishing House, page 26:

     A catloving friend of mine told us we'd need to have it doctored sooner or later.

   • 1995 July 27, Dan Lester, “enough, already! -Reply”, in bit.listserv.circplus (Usenet):

     Oh, my. I thought we HAD discussed every circulation issue ever invented or dreamed of, and most of them at least twice a year. Let's see....how about whether male patrons are nicer than female patrons....how about whether catloving patrons are more prompt in returning books than dogloving patrons....or whether books returned by birdlovers have more feathers on them when returned than catlovers books have hair on them....and would you count the hairs and feathers, or weigh them?

   • 1996 August 22, Tom Lott, “The End of the Raven (Poe Parody by a Cat)”, in rec.pets.cats (Usenet):

     This wonderful poem, and many others appears in a book of poems titled something like "Poems for Cats: Poems by the Cats of Great Poets". (I should be more precise, but I just gave away my copy to a catloving bookstore owner!!)

   • 1998 June 15, Kelly, “Cat Bathing”, in alt.fifty-plus.friends (Usenet):

     I absolutely loved it! I tried to give my cat a bath some time ago, actually / quite difficult!! / I'll send this to a catloving friend of mine, she'll love it!

   • 1998 October 5, Philippa Clarkson, “Cat tries to get between me and my baby when breastfeeding”, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav (Usenet):

     I had a friend who had a grey cat called Pebbles, the biggest female cat I've ever seen... she was a big drooler. Once at a party at my friend's place, one (catloving) girl crashed there and Pebbles drooled all over her during the night... she said she woke up soaking! :)