catamount
English
Etymology
Shortened from catamountain, from cat o' mountain, cat of the mountain.
Pronunciation
Noun
catamount (plural catamounts)
- A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially cougar, puma or lynx.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
- Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints
- With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews
- With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them
- Than pard, or cat o' mountain.
- 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter VIII, in The Understanding Heart:
- Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. “Great snarlin' catamounts, but I'm tired.”
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1
Translations
a wild animal of the Felidae family
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