tat·ter·de·mal·ion (t t  r-d -m l yn, -ml -n)n. A person wearing ragged or tattered clothing; a ragamuffin. adj. Ragged; tattered. [Probably tattered + -demalion, of unknown meaning.] |
tatterdemalion [ˌtætədɪˈmeɪljən -ˈmæl-]
n
Rare
a. a person dressed in ragged clothes
b. (as modifier) a tatterdemalion dress
[from tatter + -demalion, of uncertain origin]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tatterdemalion - a dirty shabbily clothed urchin urchin - poor and often mischievous city child |
| Adj. | 1. | tatterdemalion - worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince" worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket" |
| 2. |  tatterdemalion - in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
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