different between tattered vs raggedy

English

Alternative forms

• tottered

Etymology

From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse [Term?]. 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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?tæt?d/?
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tæt?d/

Adjective

tattered (not comparable)

1. rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged
2. dressed in tatters or rags; ragged
3. (obsolete) dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken

Related terms

• tatty
• tatterdemalion

Translations

Verb

tattered

1. simple past tense and past participle of tatter

References

• tattered in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “tattered”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989

English

Etymology

From ragged +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??di/

Adjective

raggedy (comparative raggedier, superlative raggediest)

1. (of clothing) Torn, ragged or tattered.
2. (of a person) Wearing torn or tattered clothes.

Translations