SKITTISH

skittish, flighty, spooky, nervous

(adjective) unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

skittish (comparative more skittish, superlative most skittish)

Easily scared or startled; timid.

Wanton; changeable; fickle

Difficult to manage; tricky.

Synonyms

• (easily scared or startled): spookish, jumpy, skittery, skitterish, squirrelly

Source: Wiktionary

Skit"tish, a. Etym: [See Skit, v. t.]

1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." L'Estrange.

2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. "Skittish Fortune's hall." Shak.

– Skit"tish*ly, adv.

– Skit"tish*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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