Definitions
ruined or disrupted
Word origin
From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse tǫturr. Originally, it was derived from the noun, but it was later reanalysed as a past participle (tatter + -ed), whereafter the verb came into being. Compare tatter.
Used in a sentence
“The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.”
“This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]”
“The tattered man waved his hand.”
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