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Rickety

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.

    "He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder."

  2. 2
    Feeble in the joints; tottering.

    "The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs."

  3. 3
    Affected with or suffering from rickets; rachitic.
Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality wordnet
  2. 2
    inclined to shake as from weakness or defect wordnet
  3. 3
    affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets wordnet

Etymology

From dialectal ricket (“unstable, rickety”) + -y, and/or ricket (“to move noisily and in a reckless way”) + -y. Alternatively, and perhaps less likely, from rickets + -y.

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