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/kit"ee kawr'neuhrd/, adj., adv. Chiefly Northern and Western U.S.cater-cornered.Also, kitty-corner.[1885-90]
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kitty-cornered — [kit′ē kôr΄nərd] adj., adv. CATER CORNERED: also kitty corner … English World dictionary
kitty-cornered — adjective slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line set off in a catty corner direction across the vacant lot • Syn: ↑catacorner, ↑cata cornered, ↑catercorner, ↑cater cornered, ↑catty corner, ↑catty cornered, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
kitty-cornered — kit′ty cor nered or kit′ty cor ner adj. adv. dial. cater cornered • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
kitty-cornered — adverb or adjective see kitty corner … New Collegiate Dictionary
kitty-cornered — adjective catercorner … Wiktionary
bias catacorner cata-cornered catercorner cater-cornered catty-corner catty-cornered diagonal kitty-corner kitty-cornered oblique skew skewed slanted — nonparallel onparallel adj. 1. not parallel; of lines or linear objects. Opposite of {parallel}. [Narrower terms: {bias, catacorner, cata cornered, catercorner, cater cornered, catty corner, catty cornered, diagonal, kitty corner, kitty cornered … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
kitty-corner — adjective slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line set off in a catty corner direction across the vacant lot • Syn: ↑catacorner, ↑cata cornered, ↑catercorner, ↑cater cornered, ↑catty corner, ↑catty cornered, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
kitty-corner — also catty corner or catercorner or kitty cornered or catty cornered or catercornered adverb or adjective Etymology: kitty corner alteration of cater corner, from obsolete cater four + corner Date: 1838 in a diagonal or oblique position < the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Kitty Foiled — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Kitty Foiled series = Tom and Jerry caption = Kitty Foiled title card. director = William Hanna Joseph Barbera story artist = William Hanna Joseph Barbera animator = Irven Spence Kenneth Muse Irving Levene … Wikipedia
kitty-corner — adjective & adverb N. Amer. another term for cater cornered … English new terms dictionary
