Word of the Day - tattered

tattered

/ˈtatəd/
adjective
Old and torn; in poor condition.

Origin
Middle
English (in the sense ‘dressed in decoratively slashed or jagged
clothing’): apparently originally from the noun tatter ‘scrap of cloth’ +
-ed; later treated as a past participle.

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