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skittish

[ skit-ish ]

adjective

  1. apt to start or shy:

    a skittish horse.

  2. restlessly or excessively lively:

    a skittish mood.

  3. fickle; uncertain.
  4. shy; coy.


skittish

/ ˈɪɪʃ /

adjective

  1. playful, lively, or frivolous
  2. difficult to handle or predict
  3. rare.
    coy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ쾱ٳپԱ, noun
  • ˈ쾱ٳپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 쾱t· adverb
  • 쾱t·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skittish1

1375–1425; late Middle English, perhaps derivative of the Scand source of skite 1; -ish 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skittish1

C15: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse ōٲ to shoot ; see -ish
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Dolphins, in particular, are skittish around humans and have a high rate of heart attack when they get scared.

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But Jones and Redgrave have such a consistency in how they play these skittish lovers that it drives home the point that their cruel, untamed condition doesn’t adhere to the niceties of narrative convention.

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Still, as damage estimates from the Eaton fire climb and Edison’s market cap tumbles, skittish investors have been left wondering how big an effect the blaze will have on the utility’s bottom line.

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Trump was previously skittish about cryptocurrency, but at a Bitcoin conference in Nashville last year he said America would be "the crypto capital of the planet" once he returned to Washington.

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The cats would have been too skittish at the shelter, amid hundreds of people, and were well cared for at Pasadena Humane.

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