tatty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tatty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tatty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tatty adj showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" Synonym(s): moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tatty tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" Synonym(s): brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tatty \Tat"ty\, n.; pl. {Tatties}. [Hind. [tsdot]a[tsdot][tsdot][imac].] A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]