cat·er-cor·nered (k t  r-kôr nrd, kt -) also cat·er-cor·ner (-nr) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (kt-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (k t-)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.] |
cater-cornered [ˈkætəˌkɔːnəd]
adj & adv
US and Canadian informal diagonally placed; diagonal Also catty-cornered kitty-cornered
[C16 cater, from dialect cater (adv) diagonally, from obsolete cater (n) four-spot of dice, from Old French quatre four, from Latin quattuor]
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| Adj. | 1. | cater-cornered - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" oblique - 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" |
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