skittish

skittish englannista suomeksi

1. vauhkoontuva

1. säikky

skittish englanniksi

1. Easily scared or startled; timid.

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2. 1557, (w), ''Sermons Very Fruitfull, Godly, and Learned'', London: Robert Caly, The fiftenth treatice or Sermon,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21119.0001.001

All such be like a skittish starting horse, whiche coming ouer a bridge, wil start for a shadowe, or for a stone lying by him, and leapeth ouer on the other side into the water, & drowneth both horse and man.

3. Wanton; changeable; fickle.

4. (RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida)

5. (RQ:Cowper Task) ’Tis pitifulTo court a grin, when you should wooe a soul;To break a jest, when pity would inspirePathetic exhortation; and t’ addressThe skittish fancy with facetious tales,When sent with God’s commission to the heart.

6. Difficult to manage; tricky.

7. (RQ:Eliot Middlemarch)