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24 paź 2016 · The etymology is a mess and intertwined with the folklore of Native Americans, the early Scots and Welsh Appalachian settlers, and particularly, the early river people of the Carolina lowlands and the upper Tennessee River.
2 gru 2017 · 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. In that sense, it suggested some sort of hobgoblin or other frightening fantastical creature, likely influenced by “catamount,” another word for a cougar or other large cat ...
The Wampus cat is a cat-like creature in American folklore that varies widely in appearance, ranging from frightful to comical, depending on region.
It first appeared as a noun (catawampous) in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit (1843), though it probably was first recorded as a noun in American works shortly before that. In that sense, it suggested some sort of hobgoblin or other frightening fantastical monster, likely influenced by "catamount," another word for a cougar or other large cat ...
14 cze 2021 · It could be an adjective meaning ill-tempered, as seen here in Robert Carlton’s 1843 tale of the American frontier, The New Purchase: The tother one what got most sker’d, is a sort of catawampus (spiteful) and maybe underhand wouldn’t stick to do you a mischief if he thought you made a laff on him—albeit, he’s been laffed at a ...
13 lis 2022 · Middle English shrine "repository in which a holy object or the relics of a saint are kept," from late Old English scrin "ark (of the covenant); chest, coffer; case for relics," from Latin scrinium "case or box for keeping papers," a word of unknown origin.
18 lip 2022 · What's the origin of Catawampus? The expression’s initial meaning “askew, diagonal,” was first recorded in the mid-19th century. It is believed to be an American colloquial term, influenced by another expression “cater- in cater-cornered” (or “kitty-corner”) and “wampish”, a Scottish word for “flopping about.”.
