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tattered

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

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untattered

English

Etymology

un- +? tattered

Adjective

untattered (not comparable)

  1. Not tattered.

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