Restive

unable to stay still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control (usually happening because of impatience, boredom or some sort of dissatisfaction) alternative definition exclusively when describing a horse: refusing to advance; stubornly standing still; moving backwards or sideways

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The cats are restive. Partly perhaps they sense the storm; partly, I was watering the orchids which means letting them soak for 15 minutes in a big yogurt tub of dilute fertilizer, and then changing to the next plant, so I was not sitting still and being a useful warming station.

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Archaic

very old; old fashioned

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Today's word is "tantivy". An archaic word for “riding at full gallop, especially when hunting”. From the huntsman’s horn when rallying the riders (ta-ta-taa). Sir Walter Scott, in Peveril of the Peak: “There are those amongst us who ride tantivy to Rome, and have already made out half the journey.”

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