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Skittish
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What's The Definition Of Skittish?
[adj] unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Skittish: excitable | nervous | spooky Related Terms | Find terms related to Skittish: See Also | Skittish In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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