STILTED

verb

1. To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts

adjective

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