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tatty - 5 dictionary results

tat⋅ty

1[tat-ee]
–adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
1. cheap or tawdry; vulgar: a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.
2. shabby or ill-kempt; ragged; untidy: an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains.

Origin:
1505–15; tat rag (prob. back formation from tatter 1 ) + -y 1


tat⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
tat⋅ti⋅ness, noun

tat⋅ty

2[tat-ee]
–noun, plural -ties.
(in India) a screen, usually made of coarse, fragrant fibers, placed over a window or door and kept moistened with water in order to cool and deodorize the room.
Also, tattie.


Origin:
1785–95; < Hindi ṭaṭṭī
tat·ty   (tāt'ē)   
adj.   tat·ti·er, tat·ti·est
Somewhat worn, shabby, or dilapidated.

[Probably from tat, a rag, shabby person.]

Tatty

Tat"ty\, n.; pl. Tatties. [Hind. [.t]a[.t][.t][imac].] A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]
Language Translation for : tatty
Spanish: raído, desaseado,
German: lumpig,
Japanese: みすぼらしい

tatty 
1513, "tangled or matted" (of hair), Scottish, probably related to O.E. tættec "a rag" (see tatter). Sense of "tattered, ragged, shabby" first recorded 1933.
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