Category:Skittish

Skit"tish, a. Etym: [see skit, v. t.]

1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish Colt. "a restiff, skittish jade." L'estrange.

2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle. "skittish Fortune's hall." Shak. -- skit"tish*ly, adv. -- skit"tish*ness, n.