Associations to the word «Stilted»

Wiktionary

STILTED, adjective. Stiff and artificially formal
STILTED, adjective. Pompous
STILTED, adjective. (of a building) Supported by stilts.

Dictionary definition

STILTED, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca