rickety : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rickety	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rickety
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rickety adj 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" Synonym(s): rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets; "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient" Synonym(s): rickety, rachitic lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" Synonym(s): decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rickety \Rick"et*y\, a. 1. Affected with rickets. 2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.