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tatty
CIDE DICTIONARY
tatty, n. [Hind. .].
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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tatty, adj. (tattier, tattiest) colloq.
1 tattered; worn and shabby.
2 inferior.
3 tawdry.
1 tattered; worn and shabby.
2 inferior.
3 tawdry.
Derivative
tattily adv. tattiness n.
Etymology
orig. Sc., = shaggy, app. rel. to OE t{aelig}ttec rag, TATTER
THESAURUS
tatty
base, common, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, mean, paltry, patchy, poor, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rubbishy, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, torn, trashyFor further exploring for "tatty" in Webster Dictionary Online
