cat-footed

English

Etymology

From cat +‎ footed. First use appears c. 1593. See cite below.

Adjective

cat-footed (not comparable)

1. (literally) Possessing feet resembling a cat.
2. (idiomatic, figuratively) Soft-footed like a cat; quiet or stealthy while walking.
   • 1593, Everard Guilpin (published by Oxford University Press), Facsimiles, Volumes 1-4 (a publication of Skialetheia, or A Shadowe of Truth, in Certaine Epigrams and Satyres), page 23:

     Gulfe-breſted is he, ſilent and profound, / Cat-footed for ſlie pace, and without ſound.

Derived terms

• cat-footedness

Verb

cat-footed

1. simple past and past participle of cat-foot