ramshackleadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈramˌʃakl/, U.S.

/ˈræmˌʃæk(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s ramshachle (Scottish), 1800s– ramshackle; N.E.D. (1903) also records a form ramshacle.

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: ramshackled adj.

Etymology: Back-formation < ramshackled adj. Compare later ramshackle v.

A. adj.

1. Of a person, action, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective]

troublec1374

misorderlya1568

unorderly1578

luxate1597

incomposed1608

methodless1609

tumultuary1609

unordered1621

disorderly1632

higgledy-piggledy1676

rantum-scantum1695

throughother1720

rough and tumble1818

ramshackle1820

skimble-skamble1826

ahoo1828

disordinate1840

disorganic1841

ramshackly1883

rantum-scootum1885

tumultuarious1895

ragtime1917

inchoate1922

higgledya1953

shambolic1970

1820 T. Creevey Jrnl. 5 Oct. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. xiii. 322 The most ramshackle fellow you ever saw.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 121 What ramshackle wark ha' ye been after?

1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy ii. ii. 26 Fine talent..ruined..by a disorderly character, a ramshackle career.

1916 Times 29 Aug. 9/6 We are..not scholars enough..to realize how ramshackle a thing his poetry is even to his compatriots.

1955 P. Larkin Let. 31 May in Sel. Lett. (1992) 243 ‘Fred Karno's army’ was a by-word for ramshackle improvisation, after Fred Karno, the comedian.

1998 Independent 9 Mar. ii. 1/1 Sampson captures their ramshackle operations in unsparing detail.

2. Esp. of a building or vehicle: loose and shaky, as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown; in a state of severe disrepair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety

seely1562

crazy1583

ramshackled1675

creachy1715

rickly1715

rickety1741

palsified1775

shackling1790

ramshackling1815

paralytic1824

rackety1824

rattletrap1824

cocklety1828

ramshackle1830

shickery?1833

shackly1843

shattery1844

shaky1850

ramshackly1857

cockly1859

rachitic1864

ruckly1866

tumble-over1883

palsied1889

rattle-bag1896

shauchly1896

bockety1902

ruggy1929

rickety-rackety1931

ropy1942

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 144 I could shake the old chaise to pieces with one jerk, it's so ramshackle.

1847 W. M. Thackeray in Punch 27 Mar. 26 The rickety, ramshackle, wheezy spinet.

1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw 78 There was J. P.'s ramshackle figure on the pathway.

1908 J. London Martin Eden xv. 113 Next, he saw a narrow alley, between ramshackle frame buildings.

1936 E. A. Powell Aerial Odyssey ii. 14 Piloting the ramshackle taxis are Spanish-speaking mulattoes from Santo Domingo.

1943 A. Bax Farewell my Youth 45 Not only was the house far gone in age; it was also extremely ramshackle.

1994 Harper's Mag. May 53/1 Ramshackle porches sag under the weight of old refrigerators and trailer parts.

B. n.

1. A ramshackle building, vehicle, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > shabby or ramshackle building

rat trap1790

ramshackle1820

fleabag1907

1820 T. Creevey Let. 7 Aug. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. xiii. 305 You know what a d——d ramshackle of a library they have here.

1865 Evening Standard 28 Mar. 4/6 Our own..purchased hulks and general congregation of naval ramshackles.

1912 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 22 Dec. 5/2 There are ramshackles and hovels ‘out yonder’ so packed with families, so crowded with children.

1943 M. McLaverty White Mare & Other Stories 49 A two-roomed ramshackle of a place that lay at the edge of the town beyond the last street lamp.

2005 Las Vegas Rev.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Dec. j59 Gross apartments and ramshackles that are full of rats, blood and graffiti.

2. Scottish and English regional (Lincolnshire). A thoughtless, reckless, or undependable person. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. ii. i. 199 This will learn ye, again, ye young ramshackle.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) (at cited word) He was alus a real ramshackle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ramshackle
释义	ramshackleadj.n. Brit. /ˈramˌʃakl/, U.S. /ˈræmˌʃæk(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s ramshachle (Scottish), 1800s– ramshackle; N.E.D. (1903) also records a form ramshacle. Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: ramshackled adj. Etymology: Back-formation < ramshackled adj. Compare later ramshackle v. A. adj. 1. Of a person, action, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] troublec1374 misorderlya1568 unorderly1578 luxate1597 incomposed1608 methodless1609 tumultuary1609 unordered1621 disorderly1632 higgledy-piggledy1676 rantum-scantum1695 throughother1720 rough and tumble1818 ramshackle1820 skimble-skamble1826 ahoo1828 disordinate1840 disorganic1841 ramshackly1883 rantum-scootum1885 tumultuarious1895 ragtime1917 inchoate1922 higgledya1953 shambolic1970 1820 T. Creevey Jrnl. 5 Oct. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. xiii. 322 The most ramshackle fellow you ever saw. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 121 What ramshackle wark ha' ye been after? 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy ii. ii. 26 Fine talent..ruined..by a disorderly character, a ramshackle career. 1916 Times 29 Aug. 9/6 We are..not scholars enough..to realize how ramshackle a thing his poetry is even to his compatriots. 1955 P. Larkin Let. 31 May in Sel. Lett. (1992) 243 ‘Fred Karno's army’ was a by-word for ramshackle improvisation, after Fred Karno, the comedian. 1998 Independent 9 Mar. ii. 1/1 Sampson captures their ramshackle operations in unsparing detail. 2. Esp. of a building or vehicle: loose and shaky, as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown; in a state of severe disrepair. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > dilapidated or ruinous > rickety seely1562 crazy1583 ramshackled1675 creachy1715 rickly1715 rickety1741 palsified1775 shackling1790 ramshackling1815 paralytic1824 rackety1824 rattletrap1824 cocklety1828 ramshackle1830 shickery?1833 shackly1843 shattery1844 shaky1850 ramshackly1857 cockly1859 rachitic1864 ruckly1866 tumble-over1883 palsied1889 rattle-bag1896 shauchly1896 bockety1902 ruggy1929 rickety-rackety1931 ropy1942 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 144 I could shake the old chaise to pieces with one jerk, it's so ramshackle. 1847 W. M. Thackeray in Punch 27 Mar. 26 The rickety, ramshackle, wheezy spinet. 1889 D. C. Murray & H. Murray Dangerous Catspaw 78 There was J. P.'s ramshackle figure on the pathway. 1908 J. London Martin Eden xv. 113 Next, he saw a narrow alley, between ramshackle frame buildings. 1936 E. A. Powell Aerial Odyssey ii. 14 Piloting the ramshackle taxis are Spanish-speaking mulattoes from Santo Domingo. 1943 A. Bax Farewell my Youth 45 Not only was the house far gone in age; it was also extremely ramshackle. 1994 Harper's Mag. May 53/1 Ramshackle porches sag under the weight of old refrigerators and trailer parts. B. n. 1. A ramshackle building, vehicle, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > shabby or ramshackle building rat trap1790 ramshackle1820 fleabag1907 1820 T. Creevey Let. 7 Aug. in H. Maxwell Creevey Papers (1903) I. xiii. 305 You know what a d——d ramshackle of a library they have here. 1865 Evening Standard 28 Mar. 4/6 Our own..purchased hulks and general congregation of naval ramshackles. 1912 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 22 Dec. 5/2 There are ramshackles and hovels ‘out yonder’ so packed with families, so crowded with children. 1943 M. McLaverty White Mare & Other Stories 49 A two-roomed ramshackle of a place that lay at the edge of the town beyond the last street lamp. 2005 Las Vegas Rev.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 23 Dec. j59 Gross apartments and ramshackles that are full of rats, blood and graffiti. 2. Scottish and English regional (Lincolnshire). A thoughtless, reckless, or undependable person. Now rare. ΚΠ 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. ii. i. 199 This will learn ye, again, ye young ramshackle. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) (at cited word) He was alus a real ramshackle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ramshacklev. Brit. /ˈramˌʃakl/, U.S. /ˈræmˌʃæk(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ramshackle adj. Etymology: < ramshackle adj. Compare earlier ramshackled adj., and also ramshackly adj.Sense 1 could perhaps alternatively be taken as showing a spec. use of ranshackle v. rare. 1. transitive. Perhaps: to batter or beat (a person). ΚΠ 1824 J. Wight Mornings at Bow St. 245 Mrs. Welldone repeated her threat of kicking down the shoes..and told her she would ramshackle her if she did. 2. transitive. To construct hurriedly; to make ramshackle. ΚΠ 1865 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 5/6 If their dwellings were not ‘ramshackled’ or ‘run up’ by some..speculative builder. 1996 Times (Nexis) 4 Jan. 16 What is..further ramshackling this..run-down estate is the dread of next Saturday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1820v.1824
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ramshackleadj.n.

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