stilted

Definitions

• make Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
• (figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
• (architecture) Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilt; also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure.