TATTERDEMALION

bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down

(adjective) in deplorable condition; “a street of bedraggled tenements”; “a broken-down fence”; “a ramshackle old pier”; “a tumble-down shack”

tattered, tatterdemalion

(adjective) worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; “a man in a tattered shirt”; “the tattered flag”; “tied up in tattered brown paper”; “a tattered barefoot boy”; “a tatterdemalion prince”

ragamuffin, tatterdemalion

(noun) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

tatterdemalion (comparative more tatterdemalion, superlative most tatterdemalion)

Tattered.

Synonyms

• See ramshackle

Noun

tatterdemalion (plural tatterdemalions)

A person with tattered clothing.

Synonyms

• ragamuffin

Source: Wiktionary

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Tat`ter*de*mal"ion, n. Etym: [Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See Tatter, and Mail armor.]

Definition: A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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