Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or state of being startful, or easily startled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Aptness to start.
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- noun Tendency to
start in fright;skittishness .
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startful + -ness
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