/stil"tid/ , adj.
1. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
2. Archit. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch. See illus. under arch 1 .
[ 1610-20; STILT + -ED 3 ]
Syn. 1. wooden, mannered, stuffy, constrained.