Definition of Stiltid
Stilt"ed, a. Elevated as if on
stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style;
stilted declamation.
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.
Stilt"ed, a. Elevated as if on
stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style;
stilted declamation.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (of language) stiff and artificially formal
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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