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restiveness 音標拼音: [r'ɛstɪvnəs] n. 倔強;難駕御;亂鬧 倔強;難駕禦;亂鬧 restiveness n 1: the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters [ synonym: { jitteriness}, { jumpiness}, { nervousness}, { restiveness}] 2: characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright [ synonym: { skittishness}, { restiveness}] Restive \ Rest" ive\ ( r? st"? v), a. [ OF. restif, F. r[' e] tif, fr. L. restare to stay back, withstand, resist. See { Rest} remainder, and cf. { Restiff}.] . Unwilling to go on; obstinate in refusing to move forward; stubborn; drawing back. [ 1913 Webster] Restive or resty, drawing back, instead of going forward, as some horses do. -- E. Philips ( 1658). [ 1913 Webster] The people remarked with awe and wonder that the beasts which were to drag him [ Abraham Holmes] to the gallows became restive, and went back. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Inactive; sluggish. [ Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses. -- Trench. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Rest" ive}, adv. -- { Rest" ive* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
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