rickety
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]rickety (comparative ricketier or more rickety, superlative ricketiest or most rickety)
- (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.
- (of a person) Feeble in the joints; tottering.
- The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.
- Affected with or suffering from rickets.
Synonyms
[edit]- (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, unsteady, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly, giddy
Translations
[edit]not strong because of poor construction or upkeep
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feeble in the joints, tottering
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affected with rickets
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- Rhymes:English/ɪkɪti
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