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rickety (iou)



rickety adjective. Also ricketty. L17.
[from RICKET(S + -Y1.]
Affected by or suffering from rickets; subject to rickets. L17.
b. Of the nature of or pertaining to rickets; rachitic. E19.
rickety rosary a line of swellings on either side of the chest, reminiscent of a string of beads and symptomatic of rickets.
Unsafe in construction, likely to collapse; unsteady; (of the mind etc.) feeble, lacking firmness. M18.
J. L. Waten Three rickety wooden chairs, the legs tied with wire.
ricketily adverb M19.
ricketiness noun the condition of being rickety M19.