† fitteredadj.
Obsolete.
Ragged, wearing rags; also of clothes, slashed, cut into tags or streamers.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > ragged or tattered
fitteredc1380
rattedc1400
fluttered1589
shagged-ragged1612
betattereda1704
tatterly1739
Falstaffian1809
out-of-elbowa1820
shreddy1835
raggedy1836
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing ragged or tattered clothing
tattered1340
fitteredc1380
renta1382
raggedc1390
fortattereda1500
seam-rent1548
shake-ragged1550
tottered1570
beragged1611
betattered1618
shagged1622
tagged1631
duddy1718
the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > rough > having rough edges
shragged13..
jagged1577
fittered1578
ravelled1594
rough-edged1760
deckled1947
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 60 Many raggid & fittrid squyeris.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 335/265 Viterde hodes and Clokes also, Al þat vile pride schal don hem ful wo.
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1146 Hast þou ben prowde..Of fytered clothes as foles done?
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 609 The wilde Ache or Parseley hath large leaves, al jagged, cut, and vittered, much like the leaves of the wilde Carrot.
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