ailurocide

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English

Etymology

From ailuro- (“cat”) +‎ -cide (“killing”).

Noun

ailurocide (uncountable)

  1. The killing of a cat.
    • 1955, James D McCrae, Experimental Breeding; Genetics of the Feline‎, Caribou, Me.: Caribou Publishing Company, page 8:
      Your thoughts consider Ailurocide combined with a little homicide justifiable.
    • 1993 September, WBAI Folio, page 18:
      As we go to press we receive word of the passing of Senior Correspondent Pussifica T. Catt, by ailurocide at the hands of an animal rights activist.
    • 1995 June 19, New York, page 93:
      It’s been a tough week for cabaret megastar Sherry Vine in her alter ego Keith Levy’s new solo drag comedy: Falsely accused of ailurocide, condemned to the hot seat, defended by the usual celebrity rabble (Edith Piaf, Aimee McPherson, Sally Struthers), and—ouch—branded ‘Kitty Killer!’ by the tabs.
    • 2004, Kevin Jackson, Withnail & I (BFI Modern Classics), British Film Institute, →ISBN, page 44:
      And one must agree that Monty can be very alarming, especially on the matter of his cat, which drives him into frenzies of rage and fantasies of ailurocide.

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