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ricketiness Definition


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rickety
adj
    1. Said of a construction, piece of furniture, etc: unsteady and likely to collapse; shaky or unstable.
      Thesaurus: unstable, unsteady, dilapidated, decrepit, shaky, ramshackle, weak, wobbly, infirm, derelict, precarious, broken-down, flimsy; Antonym: stable, strong.
    2. Said of the mind, etc: feeble.
    3a. Suffering from or affected by rickets;
    3b. Relating to rickets; rachitic.
Derivative: ricketiness
noun
    Etymology: 17c.



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