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tatterdemalion - 4 dictionary results
tat⋅ter⋅de⋅mal⋅ion
[tat-er-di-meyl-yuh
n, -mal-]
–noun
| 1. | a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person. |
–adjective
| 2. | ragged; unkempt or dilapidated. |
Origin:
1600–10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; see tatter 1 ; -de-mallian < ?
1600–10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; see tatter 1 ; -de-mallian < ?

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tatterdemalion
"ragged child, person dressed in old clothes," 1608, probably from tatter, with fantastic second element, but perhaps also suggested by Tartar, with a contemporary sense of "vagabond, gypsy."
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