restiff

English

Adjective

restiff

1. (archaic) Alternative form of restive

Synonyms

• reluctant

Noun

restiff (plural restiffs)

1. (obsolete) A restive or stubborn horse.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “restiff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Streiff, stiffer