stilted

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
2. 2
   Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
3. 3
   Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilts (“supporting pillars or posts”); also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure.

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of stilt