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单词 tatterdemalion
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tatterdemaliontatterdemallionn.

/ˌtatədəˈmeɪlɪən//ˌtatədəˈmalɪən/
Forms: α. 1600s–1800s tatterdemallion, (1600s tatter-, totter-de-mallion, -timallion). β. 1600s–1800s tatterdemalion, (1600s tatter-, totter-demalian, -dimalian, -demalean, 1700s -demelon).
Etymology: < tatter n.1, or more probably tattered adj., with a factitious element suggesting an ethnic or descriptive derivative. The earlier pronunciation rhymes with battalion, Italian, stallion, as shown by the frequent doubling of l.
a. A person in tattered clothing; a ragged or beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > one who wears ragged or tattered clothing
ragman1440
tatterdemalion1608
tatter1637
tatter-wallop1808
ragged robin1826
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] > ragged
raggmall1581
ragamuffin1586
bash-rag1603
tatterdemalion1608
ragabash?1609
flabergullion1611
tatter1637
sansculotte1812
ragged robin1826
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > ragamuffin
raggmall1581
ragamuffin1586
bash-rag1603
tatterdemalion1608
ragabash?1609
flabergullion1611
tatter1637
Sir Rag1764
sansculotte1812
shab-rag1828
ragamuff1863
takhaar1899
α.
1611 L. Whitaker in T. Corygate Crudities sig. a1v This Horse pictur'd showes, that our Tatter-de-mallian Did ride the French Hackneyes, and lye with th' Italian.
a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) v. i. 65 He's not so wise as he ought to be, to let Such Tatterdemallians get the upper hand of him.
1630 J. Smith True Trav. xvi. 30 Yet those tattertimallions [Tartars] will have two or three horses, some foure, or five.
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell vi. 84 Great numbers of poore French tatterdimallians, being as it were the Scumme of the Countrey.
1693 Oxford-act 2 Loyal Oxford..Soon form'd in Squadrons and Battalions To Swinge the Duke's Tatterdemalions.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tatter-de-mallion, a ragged, tatter'd Begger,..having better Cloths at Home.
1879 Scribner's Monthly 19 296/1 It is rare to see a tatterdemallion in Paris.
β. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. B4v Rector Chori (the Captaine of the Tatterdemalions).1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iii. sig. G4 Mong so many millions of people, should thou and I onely bee miserable totterdemalions.1637 T. Heywood Royall King ii. vii A Tatterdemalean, that stayes to sit at the Ordinary to day.1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 7 A few poore Tatterdimalians had made all that noise.1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 171 Mrs. Bramble.. said, she had never seen such a filthy tatterdemalion.1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 318 A group of young tatterdemalions playing pitch-and-toss.
b. attributive or as adj.
ΚΠ
1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque K j b Puh, the Italian fashion? the tatterd-de-malian fashion hee meanes.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §53 That Tatterdemalion Linostema of Peripatetical and Galenical predicaments.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iii. 183 Saint-Antoine..reinforced by the unknown Tatterdemalion Figures, with their enthusiast complexion, and large sticks.
1855 F. Chamier My Trav. II. vi. 85 The most beggarly remnants of tatterdemalion garments.
1893 Spectator 25 Nov. 738/1 These tatterdemalion scraps and fragments of political discontent.

Derivatives

ˌtatterdeˈmalionism n. the style or practice of a tatterdemalion.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > ragamuffin > quality or condition of
tatterdemalionism1884
1884 Dumbarton, Vale of Leven, etc. 27 The tatterdemalionism with which we usually associate the abodes of such.
1887 Blackwood's Mag. 141 821 His coat was out at both elbows... It was..a kind of defiant tatterdemalionism that the Colonel liked to hug.
ˌtatterdeˈmalionry n. the body of tatterdemalions.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] > ragged > body of
tatterdemalionry1840
raggery1843
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > ragamuffin > collectively
tatterdemalionry1840
1840 Blackwood's Mag. 48 491 Hungarian, Croatian, and Wallachian tatterdemalionry.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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