tatterdemalion

Noun

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
A person with tattered clothing.

Adjective Satellite

worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
- "a tatterdemalion prince"
in deplorable condition

Adj

Tattered.

Origin / Etymology

First attested circa 1608. An early spelling was tatter-de-mallion, rhymed with Italian. The first part of the word is tatter; the origin of the second part is uncertain; Ebenezer Cobham Brewer suggested it might be from de maillot (“shirt”).

Synonyms

bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ragamuffin, ramshackle, tattered, tumble-down, beat, beat up, beaten up, crumbling, draggled, neglected, ruinous, run-down, seedy, tatterdemalion, timeworn, tumbledown

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