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View synonyms for tatterdemalion
tatterdemalion
[ tat-er-di-meyl-yuhn, -mal- ]
noun
- a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.
adjective
- ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.
tatterdemalion
/ ˌtætədɪˈmeɪljən; -ˈmæl- /
noun
- rare.
- a person dressed in ragged clothes
- ( as modifier )
a tatterdemalion dress
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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.
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Your father was a tatterdemalion like yourself, and never saw two jars of gold even in his dreams.
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Wal, she didnt look quite sech a tatterdemalion, granted Aunt Alvirah.
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“One that cannot be lightly denied,” said the Tatterdemalion.
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Carelessly Ralph Dacre sauntered forth again into the moonlight and confronted the tatterdemalion figure of his visitor.
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