different between seedy vs ramshackle

English

Etymology

From Middle English sedy, equivalent to seed +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?di/
• Rhymes: -i?di

Adjective

seedy (comparative seedier, superlative seediest)

1. Full of seeds.

2. (figuratively) Disreputable, run-down.

   Synonym: sleazy
3. Untidy; unkempt.

4. Infirm; unwell; gone to seed.

5. Suffering the effects of a hangover.

6. Having the flavour of seeds.
7. (colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.

Derived terms

• seedy toe

Translations

Anagrams

• Deyes, seyde

English

Etymology

First attested 1830, back-formation from ramshackled, from ransackled, past participle of ransackle (“to ransack”), frequentative of Middle English ransaken (“to pillage”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?m?sh?k'?l, IPA^(key): /??æm??æk.?l/

Adjective

ramshackle (comparative more ramshackle, superlative most ramshackle)

1. In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.

   • There came […] my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach.

   • 1914, David Lloyd George

     A ramshackle old empire. (of Austria-Hungary).

   They stayed in a ramshackle cabin on the beach.

   He entered the ramshackle bus, and was driven a long distance through very sandy streets to the hotel on the St. Lawrence.

Synonyms

• (in disrepair or disorder): See Thesaurus:ramshackle

Translations

Verb

ramshackle (third-person singular simple present ramshackles, present participle ramshackling, simple past and past participle ramshackled)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To ransack.