cater-corner

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cat·er-cor·nered (k

r-kôr

rd, k

-) also cat·er-cor·ner (-n

r) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (k

-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (k

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 k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

Translations

cater-corner(ed)

adj, adv (US) → diagonal

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