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stilted

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stilt⋅ed

  [stil-tid]
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–adjective
1. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
2. Architecture. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch.

Origin:
1610–20; stilt + -ed 3

Synonyms:
1. wooden, mannered, stuffy, constrained.

stilt

  [stilt] ,
–noun
1. one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
2. one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.
3. Ceramics. a three-armed support for an object being fired.
4. any of several white-and-black wading birds, esp. Cladorhynchus leucocephalus and Himantopus himantopus, having long, bright pink legs and a long, slender black bill.
5. British Dialect.
a. a plow handle.
b. a crutch.
–verb (used with object)
6. to raise on or as if on stilts.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME stilte; c. LG stilte pole, G Stelze

Related forms:
stiltlike, adjective
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stilt   (stĭlt)   
n.  

  1. Either of a pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground.

  2. Any of various tall posts or pillars used as support, as for a dock or building: a beach house on stilts.

    1. An American wading bird (Himantopus mexicanus) that has long pink legs, black and white plumage, and a long slender bill, and that ranges from the United States to Peru and Brazil and is related to the avocet.

    2. A related bird (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) of Australia.

tr.v.   stilt·ed, stilt·ing, stilts
To place or raise on stilts.

[Middle English stilte; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
stilt·ed   (stĭl'tĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Stiffly or artificially formal; stiff.

  2. Architecture Having some vertical length between the impost and the beginning of the curve. Used of an arch.

stilt'ed·ly adv., stilt'ed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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