tatty
adjective/ˈtæti/
/ˈtæti/
(informal, especially British English) (comparative tattier, superlative tattiest)
- in a bad condition because it has been used a lot or has not been cared for well synonym shabby
- a tatty carpet
Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally Scots, in the sense ‘tangled, matted, shaggy’): apparently ultimately related to Old English tættec ‘rag’, of Germanic origin; compare with tattered.Definitions on the go
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