antigodlin

[ an-ti-god-lin ]

adjective

, Southern and Western U.S.

1. lopsided or at an angle; out of alignment.
2. diagonal or cater-cornered.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antigodlin¹

First recorded in 1900–05; perhaps anti- + gogglin, representing present participle of British dialect goggle “to squint, roll the eyes; wag the head”; variant with d perhaps by dissimilation

Example Sentences

The dictionary has already found that, depending on location, a picture hanging askew might be described as “agley”, “catawampous”, “antigodlin” or “ahoo” by an English speaker, while a loved one could be called a “doy”, “pet”, “dou-dou”, “bubele”, “alanna” or“babber”.

From The Guardian