tomcattingn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒmkatɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈtɑmˌkædɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tomcat n., -ing suffix¹, tomcat v.

Etymology: Originally < tomcat n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later tomcat v. In later use also partly < tomcat v. + -ing suffix¹.

slang (originally U.S.).

The action of pursuing women for sexual gratification; lecherous or sexually promiscuous behaviour. Cf. tomcat v.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lecherousness or lechery

lecheryc1230

lecherheda1325

lickerousnessc1380

lecherness?c1510

caterwauling1530

ruttery1567

cockishness1573

palliardise1581

routerya1600

salacity1605

saltness1611

catting1681

tomcatting1886

whorehopping1916

skirt patrol1941

skirt-chasing1950

1886 Harrison (Arkansas) Times 6 Mar. Senator Jones..has been absent from his seat in the Senate for three months,..said to be courting a Miss Palm. ‘Tomcatting’ is what one of our Washington correspondents calls it.

1918 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 6 Aug. 6/1 In olden times athletes abstained from wine, rich foods and tomcatting during the ten months prior to the Corinthian games.

1975 New Rev. May 20/1 ‘He had a very strong tendency to be doing a lot of tomcatting.’.. Would go out looking for women.

2008 Independent 8 Aug. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 7/4 Still tight-jawed with rage at Kepesh's desertion of his family all those years ago and the ‘serial tomcatting’ that followed it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tomcatting
释义	tomcattingn. Brit. /ˈtɒmkatɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɑmˌkædɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tomcat n., -ing suffix¹, tomcat v. Etymology: Originally < tomcat n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later tomcat v. In later use also partly < tomcat v. + -ing suffix¹. slang (originally U.S.). The action of pursuing women for sexual gratification; lecherous or sexually promiscuous behaviour. Cf. tomcat v. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lecherousness or lechery lecheryc1230 lecherheda1325 lickerousnessc1380 lecherness?c1510 caterwauling1530 ruttery1567 cockishness1573 palliardise1581 routerya1600 salacity1605 saltness1611 catting1681 tomcatting1886 whorehopping1916 skirt patrol1941 skirt-chasing1950 1886 Harrison (Arkansas) Times 6 Mar. Senator Jones..has been absent from his seat in the Senate for three months,..said to be courting a Miss Palm. ‘Tomcatting’ is what one of our Washington correspondents calls it. 1918 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 6 Aug. 6/1 In olden times athletes abstained from wine, rich foods and tomcatting during the ten months prior to the Corinthian games. 1975 New Rev. May 20/1 ‘He had a very strong tendency to be doing a lot of tomcatting.’.. Would go out looking for women. 2008 Independent 8 Aug. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 7/4 Still tight-jawed with rage at Kepesh's desertion of his family all those years ago and the ‘serial tomcatting’ that followed it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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