rachitic

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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

The passengers were part of a scarred, frustrated and endlessly complaining tribe �the 300,000 New York commuters who daily ride the rachitic, mismanaged Long Island Rail Road.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is much easy fun with linen dusters, carbide headlights, rachitic engines and foozling radiators.

From Time Magazine Archive

But these rachitic sinews manfully bore the baggage of war.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the child is weakly, either rachitic or suffering from any ailment which prevents the due ossification of the bones, or is improperly fed, the bandy condition may remain persistent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various