stilted style

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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 arch — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 — /ˈstɪltəd / (say stiltuhd) adjective 1. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech, literary style, etc.; pompous. 2. Architecture raised on or as on stilts: a stilted arch. –stiltedly, adverb –stiltedness, noun …  

• stilted — /stil tid/, adj. 1. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous. 2. Archit. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch. See illus. under arch1. [1610 20; STILT + ED3] Syn. 1. wooden …   Universalium

• stilted — stilt•ed [[t]ˈstɪl tɪd[/t]] adj. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous • Etymology: 1610–20 …   From formal English to slang

• stilted — adj. 1 (of a literary style etc.) stiff and unnatural; bombastic. 2 standing on stilts. 3 Archit. (of an arch) with pieces of upright masonry between the imposts and the springers. Derivatives: stiltedly adv. stiltedness n …   Useful english dictionary

• Shakespeare's style — borrowed from the conventions of the day, while at the same time adapting them to his needs.OverviewShakespeare s first plays were written in the conventional style of the day. He wrote them in a stylised language that does not always spring… …   Wikipedia

• BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Persian literature — Introduction       body of writings in New Persian (also called Modern Persian), the form of the Persian language written since the 9th century with a slightly extended form of the Arabic alphabet and with many Arabic loanwords. The literary form …   Universalium