Definition of Restiff

1. a. Restive.

2. n. A restive or stubborn horse.

Definition of Restiff

1. Adjective. unwilling to do something ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A restive or stubborn horse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Restiff

1. inert [adj] - See also: inert

Lexicographical Neighbors of Restiff

restframes
restful
restfuller
restfullest
restfully
restfulness
restfulnesses
restharrow
restharrows
resthold
restick
resticking
resticks
restier
restiest
restiff (current term)
restiffness
restiffs
restiform
restiform body
restiform eminence
restily
restimulate
restimulated
restimulates
restimulating
restimulation
restimulations
restiness
resting

Literary usage of Restiff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"Dryden speaks of "the pampered colt" as "restiff to the rein"; but the rein is not used to propel a horse forward, but to hold him in, and it is against ..."

2. The Horse: With a Treatise of Draught and a Copious Index by William Youatt (1831)
"You may conquer a restiff horse; you make him ride quiet for months, nay, almost for years together, but I affirm, that under other circumstances, ..."

3. Thesaurus of English words and phrases, classified and arranged so as to by Peter Mark Roget (1858)
"Stiff, stubborn, obdurate, starch, rigid, stiffnecked, dogged, sulky, restive (or restiff), ... cantankerous, skittish, restiff, fitful, sleeveless. ..."

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