tattered

tattered
/tat"euhrd/, adj.
1. torn to tatters; ragged: a tattered flag.
2. wearing ragged clothing: a tattered old man.
[1300-50; ME; see TATTER1 (n.), -ED3]

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  • tattered — adjective Date: 14th century 1. wearing ragged clothes < a tattered barefoot boy > 2. torn into shreds ; ragged < a tattered flag > 3. a. broken down ; dilapidated < decaying houses along …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • tattered — tat|tered [ˈtætəd US ərd] adj clothes, books etc that are tattered are old and torn ▪ He produced a tattered envelope from his pocket …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • tattered — tat•tered [[t]ˈtæt ərd[/t]] adj. 1) torn to tatters; ragged: a tattered flag[/ex] 2) wearing ragged clothing: a tattered old man[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • tattered — adjective a) 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. b) dressed in tatters or rags; ragged …   Wiktionary

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