'Skittishness' definitions:
Definition of 'skittishness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright [syn: skittishness, restiveness]
Definition of 'Skittishness'
From: GCIDE
- Skittish \Skit"tish\, a. [See Skit, v. t.]
- 1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt. "A restiff, skittish jade." --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. "Skittish Fortune's hall." --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Skit"tish*ly}, adv. -- {Skit"tish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]