Tybʹalt

A Capulet; a “fiery” young noble. (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.)

It is the name given to the cat in the story of Reynard the Fox. Hence Mercutio says, “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?” (iii. 1); and again, when Tybalt asks, “What wouldst thou have with me?” Mercutio answers, “Good king of cats! nothing but one of your nine lives” (iii. 1).

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Tybʹalt

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