Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shabby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shabby \Shab"by\, a. [Compar. {Shabbier}; superl. {Shabbiest}.]
[See {Shab}, n., {Scabby}, and {Scab}.]
1. Torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.
Wearing shabby coats and dirty shirts. --Macaulay.
2. Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments. ``The
dean was so shabby.'' --Swift.
3. Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. ``Very
shabby fellows.'' --Clarendon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shabby
adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
"shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows
and tatty curtains" [syn: {moth-eaten}, {ratty}, {tatty}]
2: mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"
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