rooikatn.

Brit.

/ˈrɔɪkat/, U.S.

/ˈrɔɪˌkæt/, South African English

/ˈrɔɪkʌt/

Forms:

α. 1700s roodekatt, 1700s–1800s roodekat, 1800s rooiket, 1800s– rooikat.

β. 1800s roodecat, 1800s rooyecat, 1800s– rooicat.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch roodekat; Afrikaans rooikat.

Etymology: < South African Dutch roodekat (1715; Afrikaans rooikat) < Dutch roode (see rooibok n. and discussion at that entry) + kat cat n.¹In β. forms with the second element remodelled after cat n.¹ With the first element of the forms rooicat and rooyecat compare discussion at rooibok n.

South African.

The caracal, Felis caracal.Cf. red cat n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Lynx (lynx) > other types of

loup cervier1725

syagush1727

red cat1731

caracal1760

Persian cat1771

Persian lynx1781

rooikat1785

Canada lynx1824

lucifee1825

banded lynx1829

booted lynx1839

jungle-cat1895

1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. 150 Another kind of cat, as it is called, or the roode-kat, is..supposed to possess a great medicinal power in its skin.

1835 A. Smith Diary (1940) II. 213 I am like an animal of the game kind with strong limbs like wood, legs like those of jackals, like those of (the) rooyecat.

1880 J. Nixon Among Boers vi. 142 There is another kind, known as the rooiket, whose skin is highly prized for making karrosses.

1905 W. L. Sclater in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. in S. Afr. 126 The Caracal or Rooikat (Felis caracal) found throughout Southern Asia as well as Africa, approaches in some respect the Lynxes of the northern Hemisphere.

1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn v. 70 I am as slim as a rooikat and this is my country.

1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo ix. facing p. 160 (caption) The brilliant coloured lynx or rooikat—rich red with jet-black ear tufts.

2001 A. Ing in D. Chislett Urban One 42 Joseph Tshabalala the herdboy lost one of his precious sheep to a rooikat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rooikat
释义	rooikatn. Brit. /ˈrɔɪkat/, U.S. /ˈrɔɪˌkæt/, South African English /ˈrɔɪkʌt/ Forms: α. 1700s roodekatt, 1700s–1800s roodekat, 1800s rooiket, 1800s– rooikat. β. 1800s roodecat, 1800s rooyecat, 1800s– rooicat. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Dutch. Partly a borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymons: Dutch roodekat; Afrikaans rooikat. Etymology: < South African Dutch roodekat (1715; Afrikaans rooikat) < Dutch roode (see rooibok n. and discussion at that entry) + kat cat n.¹In β. forms with the second element remodelled after cat n.¹ With the first element of the forms rooicat and rooyecat compare discussion at rooibok n. South African. The caracal, Felis caracal.Cf. red cat n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [noun] > genus Lynx (lynx) > other types of loup cervier1725 syagush1727 red cat1731 caracal1760 Persian cat1771 Persian lynx1781 rooikat1785 Canada lynx1824 lucifee1825 banded lynx1829 booted lynx1839 jungle-cat1895 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. 150 Another kind of cat, as it is called, or the roode-kat, is..supposed to possess a great medicinal power in its skin. 1835 A. Smith Diary (1940) II. 213 I am like an animal of the game kind with strong limbs like wood, legs like those of jackals, like those of (the) rooyecat. 1880 J. Nixon Among Boers vi. 142 There is another kind, known as the rooiket, whose skin is highly prized for making karrosses. 1905 W. L. Sclater in W. Flint & J. D. F. Gilchrist Sci. in S. Afr. 126 The Caracal or Rooikat (Felis caracal) found throughout Southern Asia as well as Africa, approaches in some respect the Lynxes of the northern Hemisphere. 1939 S. Cloete Watch for Dawn v. 70 I am as slim as a rooikat and this is my country. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo ix. facing p. 160 (caption) The brilliant coloured lynx or rooikat—rich red with jet-black ear tufts. 2001 A. Ing in D. Chislett Urban One 42 Joseph Tshabalala the herdboy lost one of his precious sheep to a rooikat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1785
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