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   skittish

   /ˈskɪtɪʃ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of an animal, especially a horse) nervous or excitable; easily scared: "a skittish chestnut mare" Similar restiveexcitablenervouseasily frightenedskitteryjumpyfidgetyhighly strungOpposite calm
   • ▪ (of a person) playfully frivolous or unpredictable: "Ripley had been travelling the world ever since moving to New York as a skittish newspaper reporter" Similar playfullivelyhigh-spiritedfriskycoltishflirtatiouskittenishcoquettishinformal:flirtyarchaic:frolicsomesportivegamesomefrolicwantonOpposite solemnstaid

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps from the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. skittishly adverb
   • 2. skittishness noun

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