dicky
noun
[ ˈdɪki ]
• a false shirt front.
• a folding outside seat at the back of a vehicle.
• the boot of a car.
Origin:
mid 18th century (denoting a petticoat): each sense probably has different origins; perhaps partly from Dicky, pet form of the given name Richard .
dicky
adjective
• (of a part of the body, a structure, or a device) not strong, healthy, or functioning reliably.
• "a pianist with a dicky heart"
Similar:
unsound,
unsteady,
unreliable,
weak,
frail,
infirm,
unhealthy,
ailing,
poorly,
sickly,
sick,
shaky,
fluttery,
fluttering,
trembling,
iffy,
dodgy,
Origin:
late 18th century (in the sense ‘almost over’): perhaps from the given name Dick, in the old saying as queer as Dick's hatband .
