cater-cornered

[kat-i-kawr-nerd, kat-ee-, kat-er-]

cat·er-cor·nered

[kat-i-kawr-nerd, kat-ee-, kat-er-]
adjective
adverb

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Cater-cornered is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Also, cat·er·cor·ner, cat·er-cor·ner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered.


Origin:
1830–40; dial. cater (adv.) diagonally (probably to be identified with obsolete cater four < Middle French quatre < Latin quattuor) + cornered
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To cater-cornered
Collins
World English Dictionary
cater-cornered (ˈkætəˌkɔːnəd)
 
adj, —adv
informal (US), (Canadian) catty-cornered, Also: kitty-cornered diagonally placed; diagonal
 
[C16 cater, from dialect cater (adv) diagonally, from obsolete cater (n) four-spot of dice, from Old French quatre four, from Latin quattuor]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT