kitty-cornered

English

Etymology

Corruption of cater-corner.

Adjective

kitty-cornered (not comparable)

1. (US) Synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”).
   • 1987, Martha Barron Barrett, God’s Country, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 67:

     He’s king of all these wigged men sitting with their hosed legs kitty-cornered under their desks.