Word of the Day – Tatterdemalion

Tatterdemalion (noun)

tat-er-di-mal-ee-on

A person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.

1600–10; first written tatter-de-mallian and rhymed with Italian; tatter 1; -de-mallian. ?

Example sentences

“He was known as a tatterdemalion, but loved for his brilliant mind.”