antigodlin

[ an-ti-god-lin ]

/ ˌæn tɪˈgɒd lɪn /

adjective Southern and Western U.S.

lopsided or at an angle; out of alignment.

diagonal or cater-cornered.

Nearby words

antigenicity, antigens, antigestational drug, antiglobulin, antiglobulin test, antigodlin, antigone, antigonus i, antigonus ii, antigorite, antigovernment

Also an·ti·gog·lin

[an-ti-gog-lin] /ˌæn tɪˈgɒg lɪn/.

Origin of antigodlin

1895–1900; perhaps anti- + gogglin, representing present participle of British dialect goggle to shake, tremble; variant with d perhaps by dissimilation, reinforced by folk etymology as “against God”