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

Every trip on the rachitic Long Island Rail Road, every decision in the office or at home tied him up in knots.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was small, rachitic, poor and struggling.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was short of stature, spindle-shanked, rachitic and malformed, and of his face, with its colossal nose, loose mouth and shallow brow, Giovio says that "it was the ugliest ever seen on man."

From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Sabatini, Rafael