SKITTISH


Meaning of SKITTISH in English

■ adjective (of a horse) nervous; inclined to shy.

↘lively and unpredictable; playful.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

ME: perh. from the rare verb skit (see skit ).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.