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skittish |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skittish \Skit"tish\, a. [See {Skit}, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as a skittish colt. ``A restiff, skittish jade.'' --L'Estrange. 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. ``Skittish Fortune's hall.'' --Shak. -- {Skit"tish*ly}, adv -- {Skit"tish*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skittish adj : unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: {spooky}, {nervous}]
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