Skit"tish (?), a. [See Skit,
v. t.] 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, adv. --
Skit"tish*ness, n.