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cater-cornered

Adjective, Adverb

cat=er-cor=nered

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cater-cornered(s = adj.all) cata-cornered, catacorner, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"

cater-cornered, a. [Cf. Cater to cut diagonally.].

Diagonal. [1913 Webster]

cater-cornered, adj. & adv. (also cater-corner, catty-cornered) US
--adj. placed or situated diagonally.
--adv. diagonally.

Etymology

dial. adv. cater diagonally (cf. obs. cater the four on dice f. F quatre f. L quattuor four)

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