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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
restive/ˈrestɪv/

▶adjective

1 unable to keep still or silent; restless.

2 (of a horse) stubbornly standing still or moving backwards or sideways.

– derivatives
restively adverb,
restiveness noun.

– origin C16: from OFr. restif, -ive, from L. restare ‘remain’.

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