skittishness
81nervousness — noun 1. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑jitteriness, ↑jumpiness, ↑restiveness • Derivationally related forms: ↑restive (for: ↑restiveness) …
82skittish — adj. 1 lively, playful. 2 (of a horse etc.) nervous, inclined to shy, fidgety. Derivatives: skittishly adv. skittishness n. Etymology: ME, perh. formed as SKIT(1) …
