cater-corner
adj/ˈkatəˌkɔːnə/UK/ˈkætəˌkɔɹnɚ/US
Etymology
Presumably a clipped form of cater-cornered, from cater + cornered, q.v., although catty-cornered is attested earlier (1838).
Definitions
Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another
Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another.
- The Empire State Building and the old Altman's Department store are catercorner, at Fifth Avenue and East 34th Street, with the ESB at the southwest, and Altman's at the northeast.
- From my living room, I trained my binoculars on the redbrick monstrosity catercorner from me.
Uneven, not square, as mislaid stones or people with a limping gait.
Diagonally across from.
- Altman's is sited catercorner to the ESB.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA