Word of the Day:
tattered
What It Means
Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.
Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.
Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.
Tattered in Context
“The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse tǫturr. 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.
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