tattered
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈtætəd/ / /ˈtætɚd/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse tǫturr. Originally, it was derived from the noun, but it was later reanalysed as a past participle (tatter + -ed), whereafter the verb came into being. Compare tatter.
- Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.
“The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.”
- Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.
“This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]”
“The tattered man waved his hand.”
- Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse tǫturr. Originally, it was derived from the noun, but it was later reanalysed as a past participle (tatter + -ed), whereafter the verb came into being. Compare tatter.
- simple past and past participle of tatter