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De - Pt| English Dictionary: skittishness | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for skittishness | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Skittish \Skit"tish\, a. [See {Skit}, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. [bd]A restiff, skittish jade.[b8] --L'Estrange. 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. [bd]Skittish Fortune's hall.[b8] --Shak. -- {Skit"tish*ly}, adv. -- {Skit"tish*ness}, n. | |
