tatteredness

noun

tatteredness

noun

Etymology From tattered + -ness.

1

The quality of being tattered.

A poor man who genuinely shrinks from observation because of his tatteredness is one of the most pity-moving sights that can be seen[…]1870, The Sunday Magazine, page 366:

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