ailurocide
English
Etymology
From ailuro- + -cide.
Noun
ailurocide (uncountable)
- The killing of a cat.
- 1955, James D[aniel] 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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Synonyms
- catslaughter
- felicide
Translations
the killing of a cat — see catslaughter