kitty-corner
advUK /ˈkɪtikɔːnə/ · US /ˈkɪɾiˌkwoɹnəɹ/
Etymology A variant of cater-corner influenced by cat and kitty.
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Canadian Prairies, Northern US Cater-corner: located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection.
- Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […].1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 196:
- Synonyms
- catty-corner