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You're listening to a special edition of Away with Words, the Showdown Language and how

we use it.

I'm Grant Barrett.

And I'm Martha Barnett.

Today we're looking back at some of our favorite conversations about cats and dogs and a few

other animals besides cats and dogs prowl around inside some interesting English words.

For example, the adjective chatoient, that's CHAT, O-Y-A-N-T.

It describes something that's shimmering like a cat's eyes, like you might talk about

a chatoient gemstone.

And chatoient comes from the French word for cat.

And don't forget about sleuth.

You and I do a lot of sleuthing.

And sleuth is a shortening of the word sleuthound.

In the 15th century, the name sleuthound applied to a bloodhound with a strong sense of smell.

But it wasn't until the 19th century that sleuth came to apply to a private investigator

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