SKITTISH Meaning of SKITTISH in English adj. 1 lively, playful. 2 (of a horse etc.) nervous, inclined to shy, fidgety. skittishly adv. skittishness n.[ ME, perh. formed as SKIT(1) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012