\Skit"tish\, a. [See {Skit}, v. t.]
1. Easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a
   skittish colt. ``A restiff, skittish jade.'' --L'Estrange.
2. Wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.
   ``Skittish Fortune's hall.'' --Shak. -- {Skit"tish*ly},
   adv. -- {Skit"tish*ness}, n.