- ransackle
- ran·sack·le
English syllables. 2014.
ransackle
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ransackle — ˈranˌsakəl transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: freq. of ransack archaic : ransack … Useful english dictionary
ramshackle — adjective Etymology: alteration of earlier ransackled, from past participle of obsolete ransackle, frequentative of ransack Date: 1830 1. appearing ready to collapse ; rickety 2. carelessly or loosely constructed < a ramshackle plot > … New Collegiate Dictionary
ransack — [13] Ransack means etymologically ‘search a house’. It was borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka, a compound verb formed from rann ‘house’ (a relative of Old English ærn ‘house’, which underlies English barn) and saka ‘search’ (a relative of English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
ramshackle — (adj.) 1809, back formation from ramshackled, earlier ranshackled (1670s), alteration of ransackled, pp. of ransackle (see RANSACK (Cf. ransack)). The word seems to have been regarded as Scottish. Reading over this note to an American gentleman,… … Etymology dictionary
ramshackle — /ˈræmʃækəl / (say ramshakuhl) adjective loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky: a ramshackle house. {earlier ramshackled, from ransackle ransack} …
ransack — [13] Ransack means etymologically ‘search a house’. It was borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka, a compound verb formed from rann ‘house’ (a relative of Old English ærn ‘house’, which underlies English barn) and saka ‘search’ (a relative of English… … Word origins
ramshackle — [ram′shak΄əl] adj. [back form. < ramshackled, for earlier ransackled, pp. of ransackle, freq. of RANSACK] loose and rickety; likely to fall to pieces; shaky [a ramshackle old building] … English World dictionary
ramshackle — adj. (usu. of a house or vehicle) tumbledown, rickety. Etymology: earlier ramshackled past part. of obs. ransackle RANSACK … Useful english dictionary
