cater-corner

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cat·er-cor·nered

(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 k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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Translations

cater-corner(ed)

adj, adv (US) → diagonal

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Le Domino (Continental), 2742 17th Street, at Florida, cater-corner from Theater Artaud; 626-3095.