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ramshackle(dictionary)

urachus (iou) and ramshackle (iou)


urachus (iou)



urachus noun. E17.
[mod. Latin from Greek ourakhos.]
Anatomy. A foetal canal that connects the bladder with the allantois, usu. persisting in the adult as a ligament between the bladder and the umbilicus.
urachal adjective L19.

ramshackle (iou)



ramshackle adjective & noun. E19.
[Alt. of RAMSHACKLED.]
A. adjective.
Of a person, action, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly. Chiefly dial. E19.
Esp. of a building or vehicle: loose and shaky, as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown. M19.
b. noun.
A thoughtless or reckless person. dial. E19.
A ramshackle object. rare. E19.
ramshackledom noun ramshackleness M20.
ramshackleness noun ramshackle character or state E20.
ramshackly adjective = RAMSHACKLE adjective M19.