stilted

Stiffly or artificially formal; stiff.

Having some vertical length between the impost and the beginning of the curve. Used of an arch.

Elevated, as if on stilts; hence, pompous; inflated; formal; stiff and bombastic: said especially of language: as, a stilted mode of expression; a stilted style.

Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic

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.

stiff and artificially formal

pompous

Supported by stilts.

artificially formal