CATAWAMPUS


Meaning of CATAWAMPUS in English

/kat'euh wom"peuhs/ , Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

adj.

1. askew; awry.

2. positioned diagonally; cater-cornered.

adv.

3. diagonally; obliquely: We took a shortcut and walked catawampus across the field.

Also, cattywampus .

[ 1830-40 for earlier sense "utterly"; cata- diagonally (see CATER- CORNERED) + -wampus, perh. akin to WAMPISH ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .