![]() ![]() ![]() This phrase itself originated in Middle English as catre corner, where it was related to a Latin term for four-cornered. You could also replace kitty-corner with catty-corner in the previous section’s examples without changing their meanings. It means the same thing and can be used in all of the same contexts. What does catty-corner mean? Catty-corner is a variant of the same phrase. Kelly parked kitty-corner to a Lamborghini in the Wal-Mart parking lot, but when she was done shopping, the Lamborghini was gone.“I want Maria and Trea sitting kitty-corner from each other in the classroom so that they aren’t too close, but can still talk to each other if they need to,” said the second grade teacher.Here are some example sentences that include kitty-corner, Someone who is sitting one seat up and one seat over from someone else in the room is also kitty-corner. On a chess board, for example, the white squares are kitty-corner from each other, just like the black squares. To be kitty-corner to something is to be located on the diagonal from it. What does kitty-corner mean? Kitty-corner can be an adjective or an adverb. Ibid ME, Kitty-corner-of furniture: set in a corner, facing the center of the room.Plus, I will show you a helpful memory tool that makes choosing kitty-corner or catty-corner much easier.“The post office is across the street, kitty-corner.” 1965 DARE FW Addit csWI, Kitty-corner-Diagonally across an intersection.“He nailed the board on _.” Infs MN40, MA5, Kitty-corner VA11, Kitty-cornered. MM15, If a carpenter nails a board crossing another board at an angle. MM13, The table was nice and straight until he came along and knocked it _ Infs OH5, VA99, Kitty-corner NY123, Kitter-corner Qu. “The shed is _the barn.” Inf CA74, Kitty-corner to CA122, NY163, Kitty-corner WI34, Kitty-cornered Qu. ![]() KK70, Something that has got out of proper shape: “That house is all _.” Inf MI9, Kitty-cornered Qu. “It’ll be shorter if we _.” 27 Infs, esp Nth, N Midl, CA, Go kitty-corner MN26, Go kitty-cornered CA80, Walk kitty-corner MN12, Went kitty-corner Qu. MM16, If you’re walking with somebody to the other corner of a square, and you want to save steps. “The drugstore is _the gas station.” 142 Infs, chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, Kitty-corner from 56 Infs, chiefly Nth, N Midl, CA, Kitty-corner to 44 Infs, chiefly Nth, N Midl, West, Kitty-corner F元1, 38, IA27, MN26, 33, MS42, SC5, UT4, Kitty-cornered from CA80, MA73, NY68, 217, VA11, Kitty-cornered to CO17, ME19, MO37, OH78, Kitty-cornered MI2, Kitty-cornered across the block MI54, Kitty-corner of NY30, Kitter-corner NY123, Kitter-corner from OH18, Kitra-corner from Qu. MM14, If a drugstore is on one corner of a square and a gas station is on the far corner. “He cut kitty-cornered ’cross the field.” cwTN, Kitty-corner (catty-corner), to go. 1950 WELS WI (On the opposite corner of a square, diagonally: “The drug store is _the gas station.”) 25 Infs, Kitty-corner from 3 Infs, Kitty-cornered from 1 Inf, Kitter-corner from 9 Infs, Kitty-corner 3 Infs, Kitty-corner to (“He nailed the boards on _”) 2 Infs, Kitty-corner 1 Inf, Kitty-cornered (To go across at an angle: “If we have to walk, let’s _ it’s shorter.”) 5 Infs, Go kitty-corner 1 Inf, Cut kitty-corner.1943 LANE Map 547 (Cater-cornered), 1 inf, Kitty-corner, of two buildings on opposite corners 1 inf, Kitty-corner, of two buildings facing each other across a street (not at a corner) but not exactly opposite 1 inf, Kitty-cornered, of a house front not parallel with the street 1 inf, Kitty-cornered, of something intentionally set at an angle 1 inf, A bench is kitter-cornered if it’s (i.e.kitty-catty-corner, kitty-catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered. Slang 42.4, Diagonal(ly) cater-cornered. . 1910 DN 3.444 wNY, Kittacornered, kittycornered. .1905 DN 3.62 eNE, Kittercorner(ed), kittacorner(ed), kittycorner(ed). .would be an easy development from cattycornered. Contains maps contains audio contains DARE survey quotes ![]()
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