skittish
adjective/ˈskɪtɪʃ/
/ˈskɪtɪʃ/
- (of horses) easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control
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- (of people) not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing
- (especially North American English, business) likely to change suddenly
- skittish financial markets
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’.
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