stilted

stilted
/stil"tid/, adj.
1. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
2. Archit. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch. See illus. under arch1.
[1610-20; STILT + -ED3]
Syn. 1. wooden, mannered, stuffy, constrained.

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