ailurocide
English edit
Etymology edit
From ailuro- (“cat”) + -cide (“killing”).
Noun edit
ailurocide (uncountable)
- The killing of a cat.
- 1955, James D[aniel] McCrae, Experimental Breeding; Genetics of the Feline[1], 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.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
the killing of a cat — see catslaughter