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skittishness


  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]: 
 
  skittishness 
  n  :  characterized  by  nervousness  and  quickness  to  take  fright 
  [syn:  {restiveness}] 




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