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ironsick

ironsick is the alternative form of iron-sick.

Meaning of iron-sick

Adjective

iron-sick (comparative more iron-sick, superlative most iron-sick)

  1. Denoting ironwork that loose or corroded; said of a ship where the bolts and nails are so degraded with rust as to cause leaks.

Forms of ironsick

comparativemore ironsick
superlativemost ironsick

Questions about ironsick

What is ironsick the alternative form of?
Ironsick is the alternative form of iron-sick.

Words near ironsick in the dictionary

  1. irons out
  2. ironsand
  3. ironsands
  4. ironshod
  5. ironshot
  6. ironsick
  7. ironside
  8. ironsides
  9. ironsmith
  10. ironsmithing
  11. ironsmiths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ironsick (page history and authors); iron-sick (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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