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rickety

ric·kety

UK/ˈɹɪk.ɪ.ti/ US/ˈɹɪk.e.ti/ uncommon

adjective

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”
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Origin

From dialectal ricket (“unstable, rickety”) + -y, and/or ricket (“to move noisily and in a reckless way”) + -y. Alternatively, and perhaps less likely, from rickets + -y.

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