cat·er-cor·nered (kătər-kôr′nərd, kătē-) also cat·er-cor·ner (-nər) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (kătē-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (kĭtē-)
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Tweet adj. Diagonal. adv. In a diagonal position. [From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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