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ricketish

ricketish adjective: having rickets.

Adjective

ricketish

  1. Having rickets.
    • Some years ago, while traveling in Switzerland, I noticed that the inhabitants of a great many villages of Valais, were ricketish and goitered.1878, American Bee Journal, volumes 14-15, page 429

Questions about ricketish

What does ricketish mean?
Ricketish means having rickets.
What part of speech is ricketish?
Ricketish is an adjective.

Words near ricketish in the dictionary

  1. ricketier
  2. ricketiest
  3. ricketily
  4. ricketiness
  5. ricketing
  6. ricketish
  7. rickets
  8. Ricketson
  9. Ricketsons
  10. Rickett
  11. rickettier

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