Meanings
- Canadian PrairiesNorthern USalternativenot comparableAlternative form of cater-corner.
- Canadian PrairiesNorthern USnot comparableCater-corner: located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection.First known use 19th c.
Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […].
1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 196Synonyms: catty-corner
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbCater-corner: located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A variant of cater-corner influenced by cat and kitty.
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