INSECURE, INSECURITY
ADJECTIVES
► CASILTY insecure, shaky, uncertain → 1895 Eng. dial.
► SHOGGY shaky, insecure → 1866
► TICKLE 1. in unstable equilibrium; easily upset or overthrown, insecure, tottering, crazy; delicate, sensitive → 1515
2. insecure; precarious, slippery → 1579 obs.
► TOLTER moving unsteadily; unsteady, unstable, tottering; insecure, precarious → 1423 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► UNCANNIE ► UNCANNY dangerous, unreliable, insecure, treacherous, threatening → 1748 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► UNSICKER insecure, unsteady, not to be relied on → 1796 Sc.
► WAMBLY insecure, shaky, unsteady, wobbly → 1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WANKLE unsteady, insecure; changeable, unsettled, precarious; inconstant, wavering; also, weak in health, delicate, sickly → c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
ADVERBS
► TICKLELY in an insecure or unstable manner → 1601 obs.
► TICKLY in an insecure or unstable manner → 1674 obs.
NOUNS
► HOUSE OF CARDS any insecure or unsubstantial scheme, system, etc. → 1641
► TAPPIE-TOORIE anything resting on an insecure foundation and swinging at the top → Bk1905 Sc.
► TICKLENESS insecurity, instability; critical situation, precariousness; inconstancy; uncertainty → c1390 obs.
► UNGRITH insecurity, hurt → c1200 obs.
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