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Restiff
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An obsolete form of
restive
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Restive.
noun.
A restive or stubborn horse.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
unwilling to do something
noun.
A
restive
or
stubborn
horse
.
Word Usage
"They are both earnest men, have both made heavy sacrifices to enter the service, and have never failed in duty, although, like most volunteer officers of spirit, they are somewhat restiff under authority."
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
balk
reluctant
restive