Word of the Day – Cattywampus

Cattywampus (adj)

kat-ee-wam-pus

Askew, awry. / posititioned diagonally.

First recorded in 1830–40 for earlier sense “utterly”; cata- diagonally  + -wampus. Variation of catawampus.

Example sentences

“she’d positioned the sofa all cattywampus.”