tattered

Definition

Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.

Etymology

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.

Example Sentences

• "The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism."
• "This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]"
• "The tattered man waved his hand."

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