Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kit-ee kawr-nerd]
- /ˈkɪt i ˈkɔr nərd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kit-ee kawr-nerd]
- /ˈkɪt i ˈkɔr nərd/
Definitions of kitty-cornered word
- adjective kitty-cornered cater-cornered 0
- adjective kitty-cornered (US) Catercorner. 0
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Origin of kitty-cornered
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90
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Parts of speech for Kitty-cornered
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kitty-cornered popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for kitty-cornered
adj kitty-cornered
- crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
- bevel — a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle
- oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
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