Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skittish"
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) 1.7 (wn)
skittish
adj : unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) [syn: {spooky},
{nervous}]
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