SKITTISH
(also see HORSES – adjectives)
ADJECTIVES
► BOGLESOME shy, skittish → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOGERISH skittish, inclined to shy → 1975 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERY skittish, inclined to shy → 1941 Amer. dial.
► BUGGERISH skittish, inclined to shy → 1894 Amer. dial.
► CORKY light, trifling, frivolous; buoyant, lively, springy; hence, skittish, ticklish, restive → 1601 colloq.
► HATTLE wild, skittish, mischievous; uncertain in temper; often used of a skittish cow → 1691 Eng. dial.
► TICKLISH skittish, mettlesome → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TID lively, sprightly, frolicsome; skittish, restless, fidgety → 1825 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► SKIT to shy or be skittish; to move lightly and rapidly; to caper, to leap, to spring → 1611
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