| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb iron-sickly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (iron-sickly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective iron-sick.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "IRON-SICK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
