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tatty
1[ tat-ee ]
adjective
- cheap or tawdry; vulgar:
a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.
- shabby or ill-kempt; ragged; untidy:
an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains.
tatty
2[ tat-ee ]
noun
- (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.
tatty
/ ˈtætɪ /
adjective
- worn out, shabby, tawdry, or unkempt
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Derived Forms
- ˈtattiness, noun
- ˈtattily, adverb
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Other Words From
- tatti·ly adverb
- tatti·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tatty2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tatty1
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Example Sentences
Amidst the detritus of old amplifiers, beaten up electric guitars and drum kits was a tatty white plastic bag.
Titty and Tatty are among the many rhyming compounds of which the meaning is no longer clear.
"Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse" also ends in a universal calamity which seems to arise from a cause of no great importance.
Titty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn, and Tatty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn.
But when Titty went to put hers in, the pot tumbled over, and scalded her to death, and Tatty sat down and wept.
Titty Mouse went a-gleaning, and Tatty Mouse went a-gleaning.
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