Meaning of tatterdemalion | Babel Free
tætədəˈmeɪliɒnDefinitions
Examples
“The house, on his arrival, seemed in some confusion, as if a catastrophe had happened in the family; and the servants clustered together in the hall, and were unable, or perhaps not altogether anxious, to suppress their merriment at the tatterdemalion figure⟳ of the secretary.”
“For the same reason⟳ the kings of Europe could not resist⟳ the tatterdemalion soldiers of the Convention.”
“Thus, too, we have⟳ the woman social reformer, trailing along ridiculously behind a tatterdemalion posse of male utopians, each with something to sell⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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