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adj
Tattered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: shabby, tacky, scroungy, beat, beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken-down, crumbling, derelict, dilapidated, draggled, neglected, ramshackle, ruinous, run-down, seedy, tatterdemalion, timeworn, tumbledown
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A person with tattered clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: ragamuffin
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
in deplorable condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tattered
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ragamuffin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: urchin
History
First attested circa 1608. An early spelling was tatter-de-mallion, rhymed with Italian. The first part of the word is tatter; the origin of the second part is uncertain; Ebenezer Cobham Brewer suggested it might be from de maillot (“shirt”).
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
