Tat·ter, v. t. [p. p. Tattered ] To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope.
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tattered
adj 1: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man
in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in
tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a
tatterdemalion prince" [syn: tatterdemalion]
2: ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and
prosperity"; "a tattered remnant of its former strength";
"my torn and tattered past" [syn: shattered]