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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: stilted (0.02801 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to stilted.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stilted
stilted
adj : artificially formal;
“that artificial humility that her
husband hated”;
“contrived coyness”;
“a stilted letter
of acknowledgment”;
“when people try to correct their
speech they develop a stilted pronunciation” [syn:
artificial,
contrived,
hokey]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stilted
Stilted
\Stilt"ed\, a.
Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a
stilted style; stilted declamation.
[1913 Webster]
Stilted arch (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line
is some distance above the impost, the space between being
occupied by a vertical member, molded or ornamented, as a
continuation of the archivolt, intrados, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Stilt
\Stilt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Stilted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stilting.]
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
[1913 Webster]
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