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tattered

  • adjective
  • /ˈtætəd/

Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.

Other meanings

  1. Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.

  2. Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.

Related words

  • tatteredly
  • tatteredness
  • untattered

Word history

From Old Norse "tǫturr".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tattered” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.