ext_6892 ([identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2018-09-16 09:17 pm

Sunday Word: Tatterdemalion

Hi folks, I'll be offering a Sunday word from now on... starting with one I dearly love.

tatterdemalion [tat-er-di-meyl-yuh n]
adjective:
1. tattered or dilapidated
2. ragged; unkempt or dilapidated.
noun:
1. a person in tattered clothing; a shabby person.

Example:
Florry Talbot, a blond feeble goosefat whore in a tatterdemalion gown of mildewed strawberry, lolls spreadeagle in the sofa corner, her limp forearm pendent over the bolster, listening. (James Joyce, Ulysses)

Origin:
Early 17th century: from tatters or tattered: ending unexplained (Oxford Dictionaries)


[identity profile] spikesgirl58.livejournal.com 2018-09-16 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
What a great word! :D I am so going to have to use it on of these days.

[identity profile] spikesgirl58.livejournal.com 2018-09-17 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It is just so freaking descriptive. :P