English

Adverb

kitty-corner ‎(not comparable)

1. (US, Canada) Located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection. [from 19th c.]
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 196:

     Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […].

Synonyms

• catercorner
• catty-corner

References

• Frederic G. Cassidy, Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume I, A-C. Harvard University Press, 1985. ISBN 0674205111.