TATTERDEMALION


Meaning of TATTERDEMALION in English

/tat'euhr di mayl"yeuhn, -mal"-/ , n.

1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.

adj.

2. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.

[ 1600-10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; see TATTER 1 ; -de-mallian ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .