KITTY-CORNER


Meaning of KITTY-CORNER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ adverb or adjective ]

also cat·ty-cor·ner or cat·er·cor·ner ˈki-tē-ˌkȯr-nər, ˈka-tē-, ˈka-tə- ; or kit·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·er·cor·nered -nərd

Etymology: kitty-corner alteration of cater-corner, from obsolete cater four + corner

Date: 1838

: in a diagonal or oblique position

the house stood kitty-corner across the square

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.