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catawampus

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cat⋅a⋅wam⋅pus

  [kat-uh-wom-puhs] Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
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–adjective
1. askew; awry.
2. positioned diagonally; cater-cornered.
–adverb
3. diagonally; obliquely: We took a shortcut and walked catawampus across the field.
Also, cattywampus.

Origin:
1830–40 for earlier sense “utterly”; cata- diagonally (see cater- cornered) + -wampus, perh. akin to wampish
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