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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skittish \Skit"tish\, adjective [See {Skit}, verb (used with an object)]
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}, adverb -- {Skit"tish*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
skittishness
noun: characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright [syn: {restiveness}]
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