Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective US, Canada Situated diagonally across from, especially at an intersection.
  • noun US, Canada On a diagonal line.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Derived from catercorner by folk etymology

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word kitty corner.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • For the comments, see "kitty-corner" with a hypen.

    September 12, 2011

  • Northern US and Canada

    June 10, 2013