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adjective
Date: 1820
1.
a. pompous, lofty
b. formal, stiff
2. having the curve beginning at some distance above the impost <a stilted arch> • stiltedly adverb • stiltedness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
stilted
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Stilted — Stilt ed, a. Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. [1913 Webster] {Stilted arch} (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stilted — index formal, histrionic, inflated (bombastic), orotund, pretentious (pompous), turgid Burton s … Law dictionary
stilted — [adj] artificial, pretentious affected, angular, aureate, bombastic, constrained, decorous, egotistic, euphuistic, flowery, forced, formal, genteel, grandiloquent, high flown, high sounding, inflated, labored, magniloquent, mincing, overblown,… … New thesaurus
stilted — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of speech or writing) stiff and self conscious or unnatural. 2) standing on stilts. DERIVATIVES stiltedly adverb stiltedness noun … English terms dictionary
stilted — [stil′tid] adj. 1. raised or elevated on or as on stilts 2. artificially formal or dignified; pompous stiltedly adv. stiltedness n … English World dictionary
stilted — stilt|ed [ stıltəd ] adjective stilted movements or words are not relaxed and natural: I praised them in my stilted German. stilted conversation/speech/acting … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stilted — [[t]stɪ̱ltɪd[/t]] ADJ GRADED If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed. We made polite, stilted conversation... His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling. Syn:… … English dictionary
stilted — UK [ˈstɪltɪd] / US [ˈstɪltəd] adjective stilted movements or words are not relaxed and natural I praised them in my stilted German. stilted conversation/speech/acting … English dictionary
stilted — stilt|ed [ˈstıltıd] adj a stilted style of writing or speaking is formal and unnatural ▪ a stilted conversation >stiltedly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
stilted — adjective a stilted style of writing or speaking is formal, and unnatural: a stilted conversation stiltedly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Stilted — Stilt Stilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stilting}.] To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
