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Stilted
Stilt′ed
,Adj.
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.