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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cattish

Cattish \Cat"tish\ (k[a^]t"t[i^]sh), a. Catlike; feline
--Drummond.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
cattish

1590s, "cat-like," from cat (n.) + -ish. From 1883 as "catty." Related: Cattishly; cattishness.

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cattish

a. 1 catlike; in the manner of a cat 2 stealthy 3 sly and spiteful; marked by malice

WordNet
cattish

adj. marked by or arising from malice; "a catty remark" [syn: bitchy, catty]

Usage examples of "cattish".

At his office and at his boardinghouse the girls were mere mice, or cattish, or kittenish, or had insufficiently read the advertisements.