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

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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

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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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