startlish
English
Etymology
startle + -ish
Adjective
startlish (comparative more startlish, superlative most startlish)
- (colloquial) Easily startled; skittish.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 startlish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)