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tatterdemalion

[ tat-er-di-meyl-yuhn, -mal- ]

noun

  1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.


adjective

  1. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.

tatterdemalion

/ ˌtætədɪˈmeɪljən; -ˈmæl- /

noun

  1. rare.
    1. a person dressed in ragged clothes
    2. ( as modifier )

      a tatterdemalion dress

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tatterdemalion1

1600–10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; tatter 1; -de-mallian < ?
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tatterdemalion1

C17: from tatter + -demalion, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

Coronado's first bullet knocked a villainous-looking tatterdemalion clean into the happy hunting grounds.

Your father was a tatterdemalion like yourself, and never saw two jars of gold even in his dreams.

Wal, she didnt look quite sech a tatterdemalion, granted Aunt Alvirah.

“One that cannot be lightly denied,” said the Tatterdemalion.

Carelessly Ralph Dacre sauntered forth again into the moonlight and confronted the tatterdemalion figure of his visitor.

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