rickety-racketyadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɪkᵻtɪˈrakᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌrɪkᵻdiˈrækədi/

Forms: 1800s– rickety-rackety, 1900s– ricketty-racketty.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: rickety adj.

Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of rickety adj.

colloquial.

Ramshackle; unsteady, shaky.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

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flash1562

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unabled1597

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debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety

seely1562

crazy1583

ramshackled1675

creachy1715

rickly1715

rickety1741

palsified1775

shackling1790

ramshackling1815

paralytic1824

rackety1824

rattletrap1824

cocklety1828

ramshackle1830

shickery?1833

shackly1843

shattery1844

shaky1850

ramshackly1857

cockly1859

rachitic1864

ruckly1866

tumble-over1883

palsied1889

rattle-bag1896

shauchly1896

bockety1902

ruggy1929

rickety-rackety1931

ropy1942

1840 ‘D. I. Moriarty’ Innisfoyle Abbey II. ix. 169 I'm proud, ma'am,..that my rickety-rackety ould place excites your admiration.

1895 Punch 21 Sept. 135 (caption) We're a rare old—fair old—rickety, rackety crew.

1931 J. R. Macdonald in Times 5 Nov. 14/4 The whole world has got into what we in this corner of it would call a ricketty-racketty state.

1976 D. Heffron Crusty Crossed v. 39 We were given some rickety-rackety set of train coaches with old wooden bench seats.

2003 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 20 June 23 A rickety-rackety bridge over a sparkly, crocodile-infested river.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rickety-rackety
释义	rickety-racketyadj. Brit. /ˌrɪkᵻtɪˈrakᵻti/, U.S. /ˌrɪkᵻdiˈrækədi/ Forms: 1800s– rickety-rackety, 1900s– ricketty-racketty. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: rickety adj. Etymology: Reduplication (with vowel variation) of rickety adj. colloquial. Ramshackle; unsteady, shaky. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety seely1562 crazy1583 ramshackled1675 creachy1715 rickly1715 rickety1741 palsified1775 shackling1790 ramshackling1815 paralytic1824 rackety1824 rattletrap1824 cocklety1828 ramshackle1830 shickery?1833 shackly1843 shattery1844 shaky1850 ramshackly1857 cockly1859 rachitic1864 ruckly1866 tumble-over1883 palsied1889 rattle-bag1896 shauchly1896 bockety1902 ruggy1929 rickety-rackety1931 ropy1942 1840 ‘D. I. Moriarty’ Innisfoyle Abbey II. ix. 169 I'm proud, ma'am,..that my rickety-rackety ould place excites your admiration. 1895 Punch 21 Sept. 135 (caption) We're a rare old—fair old—rickety, rackety crew. 1931 J. R. Macdonald in Times 5 Nov. 14/4 The whole world has got into what we in this corner of it would call a ricketty-racketty state. 1976 D. Heffron Crusty Crossed v. 39 We were given some rickety-rackety set of train coaches with old wooden bench seats. 2003 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 20 June 23 A rickety-rackety bridge over a sparkly, crocodile-infested river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1840
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