A young cat is a kitten until it is full-grown

A young cat is a kitten until it is full-grown

Kit, or kitten. A young cat. A young cat is a kitten until it is full-grown, then kittenhood ceases.

A school-boy being asked to describe a kitten, replied: "A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there."

Puss gentleman. An effeminate man. Davis, Glossary.

"I cannot talk with civet in th' room,
A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume."

Cowper's Conversations.

Fonte: Cats