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TATTERED
shattered, tattered
(adjective) ruined or disrupted; “our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity”; “a tattered remnant of its former strength”; “my torn and tattered past”
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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tattered (not comparable)
rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged
dressed in tatters or rags; ragged
(obsolete) dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken
Verb
tattered
simple past tense and past participle of tatter
Source: Wiktionary
TATTER
Tat"ter, n.
Definition: One who makes tatting. Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).
Tat"ter, n. Etym: [Icel. tötur, töttur, pl. tötrar, ; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. *240.]
Definition: A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural. Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. Shak.
Tat"ter, v. t. [p. p. Tattered.]
Definition: To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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