rachitis
noun
rachitic
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a word derived from
rachitis.
Example Sentences
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A sequence of rachitic little drawings by Tracey Emin – whose monoprints are so ubiquitous as to have become museum wallpaper – cannot compete with those of her heroine, Louise Bourgeois.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2012
Every year they travel thousands of miles by train, bus, and paddle steamer to play in some 80 of the rachitic towns along the coasts and in the Australian outback.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is much easy fun with linen dusters, carbide headlights, rachitic engines and foozling radiators.
From Time Magazine Archive
U.N. experts figured that it would need at least $450 million to care for an estimated 20 million semi-starved and rachitic waifs for a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
C. was four years old when she entered, with every symptom of confirmed rachitic cretinism.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 by Various
