单词 | catawampus |
释义 | catawampus /kat'euh wom"peuhs/, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. adj. 1. askew; awry. 2. positioned diagonally; cater-cornered. adv. 3. diagonally; obliquely: We took a shortcut and walked catawampus across the field. Also, cattywampus. [1830-40 for earlier sense "utterly"; cata- diagonally (see CATER- CORNERED) + -wampus, perh. akin to WAMPISH] |
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