SKITTISH Meaning of SKITTISH in English ■ adjective (of a horse) nervous; inclined to shy. ↘lively and unpredictable; playful.Derivatives~ly adverb~ness noun OriginME: perh. from the rare verb skit (see skit ). Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004