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Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.

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  1. v. t. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
  2. v. t. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
  3. adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  4. 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.
  5. j:100 s. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)