TATTY

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”

ratty, moth-eaten, shabby, tatty

(adjective) showing signs of wear and tear; “a ratty old overcoat”; “shabby furniture”; “an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

tatty (plural tatties)

(Scotland, Northern England, Geordie, ) potato

Etymology 2

Adjective

tatty (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest)

Tattered; dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn

Etymology 3

Noun

tatty (plural tatties)

(India) A woven mat or screen hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters.

Source: Wiktionary


Tat"ty, n.; pl. Tatties (#). [Hind. tsatstsi.]

Definition: 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]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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