tattered
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 8
/ˈtætəd/
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/ˈtætəd/ · /ˈtætɚd/
Definition of tattered
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)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.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)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.”
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(not-comparable)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.”
- (not-comparable, obsolete)Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.
verb
- (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of tatter
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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.
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