shatteryadj.
/ˈʃatəri/ 1. Of rock, stone or soil: Apt to break in pieces or crumble, friable.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective] > friable stone
shattery1728
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > friable
lightc1400
resolute?1440
mouldery1600
murly1600
murling1610
chessom1626
open1647
putrid1656
overlight1707
shattery1728
well-broke1796
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > texture or colour > [adjective] > texture > friable or fissured
shattery1728
cleaved1849
fendillated1853
1728 J. Woodward Fossils All Kinds 7 A brittle Shattery sort of Spar.
1813 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent (new ed.) 65 In loose shattery soils.
1884 Nature 13 Nov. 34/2 The thin band of shattery quartzite.
2. Of furniture, etc.: Loose, rickety. dialect.
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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
1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold ii. 12 Each room has its shattery casement.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 221 The chairs are very shattery.
3. Shatter-brained, giddy. dialect.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > light-mindedness > [adjective]
lightlyeOE
lightOE
lightsomea1425
flying1509
light-minded?1529
tickle or light of the sear?1530
giddya1547
light-headed1549
gidded1563
giddish1566
fling-brained1570
tickle-headed1583
toyish1584
shallow1594
leger1598
corky1601
barmy1602
airy1609
unfirma1616
unballast1622
cork-brained1630
unballasted1644
kickshawa1655
unserious1655
unstudious1663
flirtishc1665
caper-witteda1670
shatter-headedc1686
corky-brained1699
flea-lugged1724
halokit1724
shatter-brained1727
scattered-brained1747
shatter-witted1775
flippant1791
butterfly-brained1796
scatter-brained1804
gossamer1806
shandy-pated1806
shattery1820
barmy-brained1823
papilionaceous1832
flirtatious1834
flirty1840
Micawberish1859
scatterheaded1867
flibberty-gibberty1879
thistledown1897
shatter-pated1901
trivial-minded1905
scattery1924
fizgig1928
ditzy1979
1820 R. Wilbraham Attempt Gloss. Cheshire
Derivatives
ˈshatteryness n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > friable condition
shatteryness1851
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > texture or colour > [noun] > texture > friable or fissured
shatteryness1851
fendillation1853
1851 R. Mallet in J. F. W. Herschel Man. Sci. Enq. (Lords Commissioners Admiralty) (ed. 2) 233 The degree of shatteryness or compactness of the rock formations.
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