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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect;
- Example: "a rickety table"
- Example: "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"
- Example: "the ladder felt a little wobbly"
- Example: "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
[syn: rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky]

2. affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets;
- Example: "rickety limbs and joints"
- Example: "a rachitic patient"
[syn: rickety, rachitic]

3. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;
- Example: "a feeble old woman"
- Example: "her body looked sapless"
[syn: decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rickety \Rick"et*y\, a.
   1. Affected with rickets.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Feeble in the joints; imperfect; weak; shaky.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rickety
    adj 1: 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" [syn: rickety, shaky,
           wobbly, wonky]
    2: affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets;
       "rickety limbs and joints"; "a rachitic patient" [syn:
       rickety, rachitic]
    3: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble
       old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit,
       debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak,
       weakly]