English

Adjective

rachitic ‎(comparative more rachitic, superlative most rachitic)

1. (medicine) Pertaining to or affected by rickets. [from 18th c.]
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 761:

     Nor was there time to do much more than distribute some sweet to the pallid rachitic children.

2. Feeble, in a weak or precarious condition. [from 19th c.]

   natives with over-valued rachitic currencies -- Time

   a tall, narrow-shouldered and rachitic house in a little obscure square -- Aldous Huxley

Derived terms

• rachitic pelvis
• rachitic rosary

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