rickety

• ricketty

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪk.ɪ.ti/, /ˈɹɪk.e.ti/
• Rhymes: -ɪkɪti or Rhymes: -ɪketi

Perhaps from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “backbone”).

rickety (comparative ricketier, superlative ricketiest)

1. Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.

   He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.

2. Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.

   The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.

3. Affected with or suffering from rickets.

• (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, unsteady, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly, giddy

• Trickey