单词 | catawampus |
释义 | catawampus[ kat-uh-wom-puhs ] / ˌkæt əˈwɒm pəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR catawampus ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveaskew; awry. positioned diagonally; cater-cornered. adverbdiagonally; obliquely: We took a shortcut and walked catawampus across the field. Also cat·ty·wam·pus [kat-ee-wom-puhs, kat-uh-] /ˌkæt iˈwɒm pəs, ˌkæt ə-/ . Origin of catawampusFirst recorded in 1830–40 for earlier sense “utterly”; cata- diagonally (see cater-cornered) + -wampus, perhaps akin to wampish Words nearby catawampuscatatonia, catatonic, catatonic rigidity, catatonic schizophrenia, catatricrotism, catawampus, Catawba, catbird, catbird seat, catboat, catbrier Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for catawampus
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