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skittish adjective [ ˈskɪtɪʃ ]

• (of an animal, especially a horse) nervous or excitable; easily scared.
• "a skittish chestnut mare"
Similar: restive, excitable, nervous, easily frightened, skittery, jumpy, fidgety, highly strung,
Opposite: calm,
Origin: late Middle English: perhaps from the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’.

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