English → Latin
“rickety” in Latin
fragilisfragile, brittle, easily broken, breakable; weak, frail, flimsy, perishablecadūcusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.; That easily falls, inclined to fall; Devoted to dearuīnōsusruined, tumbledown; ruinous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
rickety
Afflicted with rickets, *rachiti laborans.
Weak, crazy, fragilis (not durable): caducus (inclined to fall or give way): ruinosus, pronus in ruinam (tottering to a fall).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for rickety?
- The usual Latin words for “rickety” are fragilis, cadūcus, ruīnōsus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.