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RICKETY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Example:
her body looked sapless
Synonyms:
debile; decrepit; feeble; infirm; rickety; sapless; weak; weakly
Classified under:
Similar:
frail (physically weak)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
Example:
the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
Derivation:
ricketiness (the quality of not being steady or securely fixed in place)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
Example:
a rachitic patient
Synonyms:
rachitic; rickety
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
