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 — noun see skittish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• 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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