Tatterdemalion — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˌæɾɚdᵻmˈæliən/

🇬🇧British English

/tˌatədɪmˈaliən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˌatədɪmˈaliən/

5 syllables Say it as /tˌæɾɚdᵻmˈæliən/.

Examples

a man in a tattered shirt
the tattered flag
tied up in tattered brown paper

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dilapidated broken-down tumble-down ragamuffin bedraggled derelict ramshackle tattered

Parts of Speech

noun	a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
adjective	worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing “a man in a tattered shirt”
adjective	in deplorable condition “a street of bedraggled tenements”

Word Forms

tatterdemalion	adjective	in deplorable condition
tatterdemalion	noun	a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

épouvantail

un gamin sale et mal vêtu

🇪🇸Spanish

jirones

un pilluelo sucio y andrajoso

🇳🇱Dutch

vagebond

een vuile, armoedig geklede jongen

🇵🇹Portuguese

maltrapilho

um moleque sujo e mal vestido

🇷🇺Russian

оборванец

грязный, плохо одетый мальчишка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चिथड़ेपोश

एक गंदा, मैला-कुचैला कपड़े पहना हुआ मूत्रवाहिनी

🇮🇳Tamil

பச்சரிசி

ஒரு அழுக்கு இழிந்த ஆடை அணிந்த முள்ளெலி

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટેટરડેમેલિયન

ગંદા કપડાવાળા અર્ચન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಟಟರ್ಡೆಮಾಲಿಯನ್

ಒಂದು ಕೊಳಕು ಕಳಪೆ ಬಟ್ಟೆಯ ಅರ್ಚಿನ್

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

破烂的马利恩

一个肮脏、衣衫褴褛的顽童

🇯🇵Japanese

ボロボロのデマリオン

汚れたみすぼらしい服を着たウニ

🇰🇷Korean

너덜 너덜

더러운 초라한 옷을 입은 성게

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự rách rưới

một con nhím ăn mặc rách rưới bẩn thỉu

🇹🇭Thai

ขาดรุ่งริ่ง

เม่นที่สวมเสื้อผ้าโทรมๆ สกปรก

🇮🇩Indonesian

compang-camping

seekor landak yang kotor dan berpakaian lusuh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شخص رث الملابس

قنفذ قذر يرتدي ملابس رثة

🇮🇷Persian

پاره شدن

یک جوجه تیغی کثیف با لباسی کهنه

🇹🇷Turkish

yırtık pırtık

kirli, eski püskü giyimli bir kestane

🇮🇱Hebrew

טטרדמליון

קיפוד מלוכלך בלבוש עלוב

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The primary meaning of 'tatterdemalion' is 'a dirty shabbily clothed urchin'.

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Using 'tatterdemalion' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'tatterdemalion' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'tatterdemalion' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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