kitty-corner

English

Etymology

Corruption of cater-corner (compare kitty).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɪtikɔːnə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɪdiˌkɔɹnəɹ/

Adverb

kitty-corner (not comparable)

  1. (US) Located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection. [from 19th c.]
    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 196:
      Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […].

Synonyms

References

  • Frederic G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume I, A-C. Harvard University Press, 1985. →ISBN.
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