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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RICK'ETY, a.
1. Affected with rickets.
2. Weak; feeble in the joints; imperfect.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky]
2: affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient" [syn: rickety, rachitic]
3: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1683 1. affected with rickets 2. a. lacking stability or firmness ; shaky 2a <a rickety coalition> b. in unsound physical condition <rickety veterans> <rickety stairs>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 a insecure or shaky in construction; likely to collapse. b feeble. 2 a suffering from rickets. b resembling or of the nature of rickets. Derivatives: ricketiness n. Etymology: RICKETS + -Y(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rickety Rick"et*y, a. 1. Affected with rickets. 2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A rickety structure or piece of furniture is not very strong or well made, and seems likely to collapse or break. Mona climbed the rickety wooden stairway. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Affected with the rickets. 2. Shattered, broken, weak, imperfect. 3. Shaky, tottering, approaching ruin.

Moby Thesaurus

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