English Explanatory Dictionary

kit-cat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short portrait, measuring 28 or 29 by 36 inches, less than half-length, but including the hands.

Word forms

kit-cat kit-cats kitcat kitkat kit-kat

Etymology

So called because the size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of London's 18th-century Kit-Cat Club, said to have been named after innkeeper Christopher Catt.

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