startish
English
Etymology
start + -ish
Adjective
startish (comparative more startish, superlative most startish)
- (colloquial) Apt to start in fright; skittish; shy; said especially of a horse.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for startish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)