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cat⋅er-cor⋅nered

  [kat-i-kawr-nerd, kat-ee-, kat-er-]
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–adjective
1. diagonal.
–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
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cat⋅ty-cor⋅nered

  [kat-ee-kawr-nerd]
–adjective, adverb Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
cater-cornered.
Also, catty-corner.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism
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cat·er-cor·nered   (kāt'ər-kôr'nərd, kāt'ē-)   
adj.  Diagonal.
adv.  In a diagonal position.

[From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
cat·ty-cor·nered   (kāt'ē-kôr'nərd)   
adj.   & adv.
Variants of cater-cornered.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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