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startlish, a.|ˈstɑːtlɪʃ|
[f. startle v. + -ish.]
Easily startled; apt to take fright; esp. said of a horse. Hence ˈstartlishness.
1740Dyche & Pardon Dict. (ed. 3), Startlish [ed. 1735 Startish] or Startly. 1807Southey Espriella's Lett. (1814) II. 273 Both were spirited beasts..;—both were startlish, and the mare vicious. Ibid. III. 339 All night I remained wakeful—not in that state of feverish startlishness which the expectation of an early call occasions, but [etc.]. 1836Blackw. Mag. XL. 618 The cab-horse had exhibited symptoms of startlishness. 1863Mrs. H. Wood Verner's Pride xlv, The sudden entrance startled her, albeit she was not of a startlish temperament. |