Definition of Catty-cornered

1. Adjective. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line. "Set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"


Definition of Catty-cornered

1. Adjective. (American English) catercorner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catty-cornered

cattle trail
cattle warts
cattlelike
cattleman
cattlemen
cattleperson
cattleprod
cattleship
cattlewoman
cattlewomen
cattley guava
cattleya
cattleyas
catty
catty-corner
catty-cornered (current term)
cattycorner
cattywampus
catumaxomab
catvertising
catwalk
catwalker
catwalkers
catwalklike
catwalks
catwise
catwoman
catworks
catworm
catworms

Literary usage of Catty-cornered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"... valley [Tennessee] catty-cornered, for zigzag, is sometimes called kitty-catty-cornered." (RM Middleton, Jr.) This bears out Mr. ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1836 One of that class.. . .who, when compelled to share their bed with another, lie in that engrossing position called " catty-cornered. ..."

3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"The Visitor's Center is in downtown, catty-cornered from the back of St. Michael's Cathedral, on the second floor of the Lahmeyer Building, ..."

4. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"Other such survivors are burly, catty-cornered, likely, deft, copious, scant and ornate. Perhaps clever also belongs to this category, that is in the ..."

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