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tatty

1

[ tat-ee ]

adjective

tattier, tattiest.
  1. cheap or tawdry; vulgar:

    a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.

  2. shabby or ill-kempt; ragged; untidy:

    an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains.



tatty

2
or ³Ù²¹³Ù·³Ù¾±±ð

[ tat-ee ]

noun

plural tatties.
  1. (in India) a screen, usually made of coarse, fragrant fibers, placed over a window or door and kept moistened with water in order to cool and deodorize the room.

tatty

/ ˈ³Ùæ³Ùɪ /

adjective

  1. worn out, shabby, tawdry, or unkempt
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù²¹³Ù³Ù¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ³Ù²¹³Ù³Ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù²¹³Ùt¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ù²¹³Ùt¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tatty1

1505–15; tat rag (probably back formation from tatter 1 ) + -y 1

Origin of tatty2

First recorded in 1785–95, tatty is from the Hindi word ṭaṭṭī
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tatty1

C16: of Scottish origin, probably related to Old English ³Ùæ³Ù³Ù±ð³¦ a tatter
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As soon as Williams ascends to a new height of fame, it begins to look tatty.

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It has posted videos showing bedraggled troops in tatty uniforms being led away handcuffed with cable ties, and huge caches of captured weapons and ammunition.

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Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind.

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Look closely, and the beggar’s left hand has disappeared, tucked inside the placket of his tatty jacket.

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The gloomy, dark room had bare belongings: a rope and wood cot, a steel vessel to store grains, a clay stove sunk in the ground and a tatty clothes line.

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