Definition of
tatterdemalion has definitions from the field of sociology
1
[ adjective ] worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing

Synonyms

tattered

Examples

"a man in a tattered shirt" "the tattered flag" "tied up in tattered brown paper" "a tattered barefoot boy" "a tatterdemalion prince"

Related terms

worn

2
[ adjective ] in deplorable condition

Synonyms

dilapidated broken-down ramshackle tumble-down unsound bedraggled

Examples

"a street of bedraggled tenements" "a broken-down fence" "a ramshackle old pier" "a tumble-down shack"

Related terms

damaged

3
[ noun ] (sociology) a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

Synonyms

ragamuffin

Related terms

urchin

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