catty corner

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cat⋅er-cor⋅nered

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

–adjective

–adverb

2.	diagonally.

Also, cat⋅er⋅cor⋅ner, cater-corner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered.

Origin:
1830–40; dial. cater (adv.) diagonally (prob. to be identified with obs. cater four < MF quatre < L quattuor) + cornered

[kat-ee-kawr-nerd]

–adjective, adverb Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.

Also, catty-corner.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism

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Word Origin & History

catty-cornered

1838, from now-obsolete cater "to set or move diagonally" (1577), from M.Fr. catre "four," from L. quattuor (see four).

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