Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A domestic cat of a breed that is hairless or covered with a fine downy fur and was developed in Canada from kittens with a genetic mutation.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sphynx.
Examples
-
I’m not comfortable either, but thinking of Obama as The Inscrutable, a sphynx, is really just as silly as over analyzing supposed feints.
-
“I’m not comfortable either, but thinking of Obama as The Inscrutable, a sphynx, is really just as silly as over analyzing supposed feints.”
-
Bosco, a blue-nose pitbull, Nubia, a chihuahua/pharaoh hound mix; James, a pitbull; Jayda, a black pitbull/lab mix; Sam, a lab; and the four hairless sphynx cats -- Henrik, Pandora, Trinity and Nefereti -- are all in residence.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Pet Protector Nancy Ruhling 2011
-
Bosco, a blue-nose pitbull, Nubia, a chihuahua/pharaoh hound mix; James, a pitbull; Jayda, a black pitbull/lab mix; Sam, a lab; and the four hairless sphynx cats -- Henrik, Pandora, Trinity and Nefereti -- are all in residence.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Pet Protector Nancy Ruhling 2011
-
Mesa, a sphynx cat, is making her film debut as Kitty Galore.
-
As Rowdy was stroking the crowd, his co-star, Mesa, a sphynx cat, perched atop a pink towel.
-
We have a sphynx…..a nudie cat…she looks just the same….
i mus thenk bout ways to - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
-
A sphynx, I haz wun, and him be full of win & awsum…nawt liek dis e-bay kitteh.
ebay kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
-
Or mebee a hairless sphynx cat, iffs u doan mind taekin care ov their skin.
no parkin heer - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
-
Ai dunt know wevva ai can get a sphynx where ai libes.
Cheeeeezz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.