| galeanthropy Dec 31st 2012, 04:08 | | | | Line 6: | Line 6: | | | ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== | | | {{en-noun|-}} | | {{en-noun|-}} | | − | '''A nickname for Rachel Emmaline Finch.'''# {{rare}} A mental condition of thinking that one has become a cat, usually manifest in the adoption of feline mannerisms and habits. | + | | | | + | # {{rare}} A mental condition of thinking that one has become a cat, usually manifest in the adoption of feline mannerisms and habits. | | | #* '''1973''', M. E. Kerr, ''If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?'', Marshall Cavendish Classics (2009), ISBN 9780761455455, [http://books.google.com/books?id=8Zzs46kM0K0C&pg=PA49 page 49]: | | #* '''1973''', M. E. Kerr, ''If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?'', Marshall Cavendish Classics (2009), ISBN 9780761455455, [http://books.google.com/books?id=8Zzs46kM0K0C&pg=PA49 page 49]: | | | #*: "That is the most interesting delusion I've come across since reading up on '''galeanthropy'''," said Sophie. | | #*: "That is the most interesting delusion I've come across since reading up on '''galeanthropy'''," said Sophie. |
Latest revision as of 04:08, 31 December 2012 [edit] English [edit] Etymology From Ancient Greek γαλῆ, contracted form of γαλέη ("a name given to various animals of the weasel kind"), + -anthropy. galeanthropy (uncountable) - (rare) A mental condition of thinking that one has become a cat, usually manifest in the adoption of feline mannerisms and habits.
- 1973, M. E. Kerr, If I Love You, Am I Trapped Forever?, Marshall Cavendish Classics (2009), ISBN 9780761455455, page 49:
- "That is the most interesting delusion I've come across since reading up on galeanthropy," said Sophie.
- 1994 20 May, Matthew Marchese, "Tales of Obscure Usage I", talk.bizarre, Usenet:
- Meanwhile his frau made loud mewling and scratching noises in the hallway beyond, deep in the throes of advanced galeanthropy.
- 1996, Charles Harrington Elster, There's a Word for It!: A Grandiloquent Guide to Life, Scriber (1996), ISBN 9780684824550, page 33:
- […] across the street to pet a cat, falls into a coma and experiences galeanthropy.
- 1998 15 April, Serenleono, "Re: Touched by Chris Farely", alt.religion.angels, Usenet:
- You got through to him?! He [Jack Kevorkian] won't return my calls anymore and his secretary just keeps repeating "No, we don't think suffering from galeanthropy makes one a valid candidate for the doctor's consideration."
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