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.”
Word of the Day - Semiquincentennial (noun) se-mee-kwin-sen-tee-nee-al
