skittish
adjective /ˈskɪtɪʃ/
/ˈskɪtɪʃ/
- (of horses) easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control
- (of people) not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing
- (especially North American English, business) likely to change suddenly
- skittish financial markets
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from the rare verb skit ‘move lightly and rapidly’.