单词 | ramshackleness |
释义 | ramshacklenessn. The quality or state of being ramshackle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > dilapidated or ruinous condition > rickety condition ramshackleness1873 ricketiness1903 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 27 Dec. 822/1 Ramshackleness is not more distinct from affected interruptions of customary routine than it is from slovenly or unwillingly incurred disorder. 1922 ‘R. West’ in Public Opinion 17 Nov. 486/2 These Houses of Parliament are the symbol of a real miracle, a real mixture of ramshackleness and nobility. 1979 Evening Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 10 Aug. 6/1 Gray, weather-beaten buildings that look like ‘Peter Tumbledown’, to use a south country expression indicating ramshackleness. 2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 20 Mar. (Features section) 2 Even the good hotels have a kind of inevitable ramshackleness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873 |
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