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   tatty

   /ˈtati/

   adjective

   • 1. worn and shabby; in poor condition: informal "tatty upholstered furniture"
   • ▪ of poor quality: informal "the generally tatty output of the current Celtic revival"

   Word Origin early 16th century (originally Scots, in the sense ‘tangled, matted, shaggy’): apparently ultimately related to Old English tættec ‘rag’, of Germanic origin; compare with tattered.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tattily adverb
   • 2. tattiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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