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Tattered
//ˈtætəd// adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged. not-comparable
"The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism."
- 2 Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged. not-comparable
"This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]"
- 3 Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken. not-comparable, obsolete
Adjective
- 1 ruined or disrupted wordnet
- 2 worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of tatter form-of, participle, past
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
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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