What does "restive" mean?
Restive: Inactive; sluggish. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Additional senses
- 2.Impatient under coercion, chastisement, or opposition; refractory.
- 3.Uneasy; restless; averse to standing still; fidgeting about; -- applied especially to horses. Trench. -- Rest"ive, adv. -- Rest"ive*ness, n.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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