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RICKETY
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
(adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”
rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky
(adjective) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; “a rickety table”; “a wobbly chair with shaky legs”; “the ladder felt a little wobbly”; “the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky”
rickety, rachitic
(adjective) affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; “rickety limbs and joints”; “a rachitic patient”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
rickety (comparative ricketier, superlative ricketiest)
Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
Affected with or suffering from rickets.
Synonyms
• (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, unsteady, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly, giddy
Anagrams
• Trickey
Source: Wiktionary
Rick"et*y, a.
1. Affected with rickets.
2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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