cater-corner

Anlam (İngilizce)

Adj

1. (Canada, US, not-comparable) Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another.
2. (UK, dialectal, not-comparable, obsolete) Uneven, not square, as mislaid stones or people with a limping gait.

Adv

Diagonally across from.

Eş anlamlılar

catercorner

catty-cornered

kitty-cornered

kittycorner

cattycorner

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/ˈkatəˌkɔːnə/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

Presumably a clipped form of cater-cornered, from cater + cornered, q.v., although catty-cornered is attested earlier (1838).