English

Proper noun

Kath

1. A diminutive of the female given names Katherine, Kathleen, and related names.
   • 1991 Margaret Atwood: Wilderness Tips ISBN 0385 421060 : page 36:

     During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases. By high school she'd shed the frills and emerged as a bouncy, round-faced Kathy - - - At university she was Kath, blunt and no-bullshit in her Take-Back-the-Night jeans and checked shirt - - - When she ran away to England, she sliced herself down to Kat. It was economical, street-feline, and pointed as a nail.

Anagrams

• khat

Albanian

Noun

kath m (indefinite plural kathë, definite singular kathi, definite plural kathët)

1. infected pimple, protuberance (in the eye)

Synonyms

• elbth
• byc

Cornish

Alternative forms

• cath

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kaθ, from Proto-Celtic *kattā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kæːθ]

Noun

kath f ‎(plural kathes)

1. cat