kitty-corner

See also: kittycorner and kitty corner

English

Etymology

Variant of cater-corner influenced by cat and kitty.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

kitty-corner (not comparable)

(US, Canadian prairies) Cater-corner: located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection. [from 19th c.]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 196:
  Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […] .

Synonyms

catty-corner

References

Frederic G. Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall, Dictionary of American Regional English. Harvard University Press, 1985-2012.

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