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kitty-corner
cat·er-cor·nered C0161100 (kăt′ər-kôr′nərd, kăt′ē-) also cat·er-cor·ner (-nər) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (kăt′ē-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (kĭt′ē-)adj. Diagonal.adv. In a diagonal position.
[From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
kit·ty-cor·nered K0081200 (kĭt′ē-kôr′nərd) or kit·ty-cor·ner (-nər)adj. & adv. Variants of cater-cornered.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | kitty-corner - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corneredoblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" |
kitty-corner
kitty-cornerIn a diagonal position from, especially outward from the corner of a square. A variant of the more technical term "cater-corner," with "cater" meaning "to set or move diagonally." Primarily heard in US. Thankfully the daycare is kitty-corner to my office, so dropping the kids off in the morning is really easy.kitty-corner
Related to kitty-corner: daren't, unapprised, triennialSynonyms for kitty-corneradj slanted across a polygon on a diagonal lineSynonyms- catacorner
- cata-cornered
- catercorner
- cater-cornered
- catty-corner
- catty-cornered
- kitty-cornered
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