ramshacklyadj.

Brit.

/ˈramˌʃakli/, U.S.

/ˈræmˌʃæk(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramshackle adj., -y suffix¹, shackly adj.

Etymology: Either < ramshackle adj. + -y suffix¹, after rickety adj., shaky adj., or a blend of ramshackle adj. and shackly adj.

1. Esp. of a building, structure, or vehicle: = ramshackle adj. 2.

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

1857 C. Reade Course True Love ix. 266 Immeasurably fond of the old ramshackly house.

1897 E. A. Bartlett Battlefields of Thessaly xii. 262 There was also the araba with our baggage, a very ramshackly weather-beaten old carriage.

1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India xxiv. 217 The chuprassies..filed into the ramshackly room with a condescending air, as if it was a booth at a fair.

1939 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) i. iii. 59 The cabin was ramshackly.

2006 Evening Standard (Nexis) 24 July 38 The ramshackly two-tier set..resembles a reject backlot from Gone With the Wind.

2. Of a person, action, etc.: = ramshackle adj. 1.

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

1883 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 1 Apr. 3/1 A tall, raw-boned, ramshackly, thin-faced man of 50, with a pug nose.

1891 Herald-Despatch (Decatur, Illinois) 25 July 3/1 His health, which has been somewhat ramshackly here of late.

1910 E. M. Forster Howards End v. 38 Helen, you must not be so ramshackly. You took this gentleman's umbrella away from Queen's Hall, and he has had the trouble of coming round for it.

1976 Daily Tel. 8 July 16 The accelerating shift to the Left which has rendered that great ramshackly confederation [sc. the Labour party] increasingly vulnerable to the subversive activities of Marxists.

1989 Times (Nexis) 16 July Ramshackly intellectual feminist lecturer Robyn and blunt, chauvinistic, do-me-a-favour, philistine businessman Vic.

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

单词	ramshackly
释义	ramshacklyadj. Brit. /ˈramˌʃakli/, U.S. /ˈræmˌʃæk(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramshackle adj., -y suffix¹, shackly adj. Etymology: Either < ramshackle adj. + -y suffix¹, after rickety adj., shaky adj., or a blend of ramshackle adj. and shackly adj. 1. Esp. of a building, structure, or vehicle: = ramshackle adj. 2. 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 1857 C. Reade Course True Love ix. 266 Immeasurably fond of the old ramshackly house. 1897 E. A. Bartlett Battlefields of Thessaly xii. 262 There was also the araba with our baggage, a very ramshackly weather-beaten old carriage. 1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India xxiv. 217 The chuprassies..filed into the ramshackly room with a condescending air, as if it was a booth at a fair. 1939 in B. A. Botkin Treasury Southern Folklore (1949) i. iii. 59 The cabin was ramshackly. 2006 Evening Standard (Nexis) 24 July 38 The ramshackly two-tier set..resembles a reject backlot from Gone With the Wind. 2. Of a person, action, etc.: = ramshackle adj. 1. 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 1883 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 1 Apr. 3/1 A tall, raw-boned, ramshackly, thin-faced man of 50, with a pug nose. 1891 Herald-Despatch (Decatur, Illinois) 25 July 3/1 His health, which has been somewhat ramshackly here of late. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End v. 38 Helen, you must not be so ramshackly. You took this gentleman's umbrella away from Queen's Hall, and he has had the trouble of coming round for it. 1976 Daily Tel. 8 July 16 The accelerating shift to the Left which has rendered that great ramshackly confederation [sc. the Labour party] increasingly vulnerable to the subversive activities of Marxists. 1989 Times (Nexis) 16 July Ramshackly intellectual feminist lecturer Robyn and blunt, chauvinistic, do-me-a-favour, philistine businessman Vic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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