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Bookmark or Share- Cattywampus Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of CATTYWAMPUS is variant spelling of catawampus.
- etymology - What is the origin of cattywampus - English Language ...Catawampous, or catawamptious, a word enlarged in the West from catamount. This animal had already furnished the hunter with the expression, "he dropped on him like a catamount on a coon," and hence, no doubt, the further development of the word.
- CATTYWAMPUS definition and meaning | Collins English DictionaryCATTYWAMPUS definition: → catawampus | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
- The Etymology of “Cattywampus” – Useless EtymologyWhen it was first used in the U.S. around 1834 as an adverb, it meant “completely, utterly or avidly.” It first appeared as a noun (catawampus) in Dickens’ Martin Chuzzlewit (1843), though it probably was first recorded as a noun in American works shortly before that.
- CATAWAMPUS | definition in the Cambridge English DictionaryCATAWAMPUS meaning: 1. going badly, awkwardly, or in the wrong direction: 2. going badly, awkwardly, or in the wrong…. Learn more.
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