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startish

adj

Etymology

From start + -ish.

  1. derived from *(s)ter-✻ — “to be stiff”
  2. inherited from *sturtijan✻ — “to startle, move, set in motion”
  3. inherited from styrtan — “to leap up, start”
  4. inherited from sterten — “to leap up suddenly, rush out”
  5. suffixed as startish — “start + ish”

Definitions

  1. Easily startled

    Easily startled; skittish or shy (said especially of a horse.)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for startish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA