kit-cat

== English == === Alternative forms === 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. === Noun === kit-cat (plural kit-cats) (historical, art) A short portrait, measuring 28 or 29 by 36 inches, less than half-length, but including the hands. === Further reading === “kit-cat”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.