tatterdemalion

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: ragamuffin tattered bedraggled broken-down derelict dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

a dirty shabbily clothed urchinSynonyms: ragamuffin

Adjective (2)

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”Synonyms: tattered
in deplorable condition“a street of bedraggled tenements”“a broken-down fence”“a ramshackle old pier”“a tumble-down shack”Synonyms: bedraggled broken-down derelict dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tatterdemalion \Tat`ter*de*mal"ion\, n. [Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See Tatter, and Mail armor.] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]