rickety

Definitions


[ˈrɪkɪti], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a structure or piece of equipment) poorly made and likely to collapse
(e.g: we went carefully up the rickety stairs)

- affected by rickets
(e.g: poverty was evident in undernourished faces or rickety legs)


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Origin:
late 17th century: from rickets + -y




definition by Oxford Dictionaries