Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stilted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stilt \Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stilted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stilting}.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stilted \Stilt"ed\, a.
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a
stilted style; stilted declamation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stilted
adj : artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter
of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their
speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: {artificial},
{contrived}]
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