Word of the Day – Catawampus

Catawampus (adj)

cat-a-womp-us

Positioned diagonally; cater-cornered, askew, awry, crooked.

Although not strictly accepted by the OED I couldn’t pass up such a lovely sounding word and as it has been used fairly often in literature that was a good enough reason to add it here.

Example sentences

“There’s a house in the Midlands where every wall is built catawampus to the next.”

“We took a shortcut and walked catawampus across the field.”