- skittishness
- noun see skittish
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
skittishness
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skittishness — skittish ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a horse) nervous; inclined to shy. 2) lively and unpredictable; playful. DERIVATIVES skittishly adverb skittishness noun. ORIGIN perhaps related to SKIT(Cf. ↑skit) … English terms dictionary
Skittishness — Skittish Skit tish, a. [See {Skit}, v. t.] 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. A restiff, skittish jade. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. Skittish Fortune… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skittishness — See skittishly. * * * … Universalium
skittishness — noun The property of being skittish … Wiktionary
skittishness — n. nervousness, tenseness; fickleness, changeability; mischievousness, friskiness; shyness … English contemporary dictionary
skittishness — n. 1. Shyness, timidity. 2. Fickleness, wantonness, inconstancy … New dictionary of synonyms
skittishness — skit·tish·ness … English syllables
skittishness — See: skittish … English dictionary
skittishness — noun characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright • Syn: ↑restiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑restive (for: ↑restiveness), ↑skittish • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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