Word of the Day (February 01, 2015)
Ramshackle – (adj.) in a very bad condition and needing to be
repaired (also: not carefully made or put together
Example: “The ramshackle house collapsed during the
typhoon.”
Origin:
Alteration of “ransackled,” from past participle of obsolete “ransackle,”
frequentative of “ransack.”
First use: 1830
(Reference:
Merriam Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Dictionary Application.
Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2015.)
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