stiltish

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adjective

Resembling stilts; stiltlike

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Meanings

adjectivestiltish (comparative more stiltish, superlative most stiltish)

comparative more stiltish · superlative most stiltish

  1. Resembling stilts; stiltlike

    From the beginning, the child called Margar was shockingly like him. She developed stiltish legs and dangling arms, flat brown hair, and eyes that loomed in her face as though not quite fixed there – too big for the fine bones, too searching.

    2012, Kristen Den Hartog, Origin of Haloes
  2. stilted; awkward

Origin

From stilt + -ish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

stiltish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiltish

MLA

“stiltish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiltish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stiltish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiltish.

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