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ˈricketed, ppl. a. or pa. pple. [f. ricket n.1 + -ed2.] Affected by rickets. Also fig.
1670Penn Truth Rescued fr. Imposture 38 The weakness of whose Discourse eminently shews the ricketted constitution of the Author. 1694M. Astell Prop. to Ladies 57 Their Devotion being ricketed, starv'd and contracted in some of its vital parts. 1825Carlyle Life Schiller App. 264 The heartless sentiment, crippled and ricketed by soups, ragouts, and sweetmeats, which you find in fashionable balladmongers. |