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[fij-it] 
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to cause to fidget; make uneasy. |
–noun
| 3. | Often, fidgets. the condition or an instance of being nervously restless, uneasy, or impatient. |
| 4. | Also, fidg⋅et⋅er. a person who fidgets. |
Origin:
1665–75; cf. dial. fidge to fidget, akin to the synonymous expressive words fitch, fig, fike; cf. ON fīkjast to be eager, OSw fīkja to be restless
1665–75; cf. dial. fidge to fidget, akin to the synonymous expressive words fitch, fig, fike; cf. ON fīkjast to be eager, OSw fīkja to be restless
Related forms:
fidg⋅et⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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| fidg·et (fĭj'ĭt) v. fidg·et·ed, fidg·et·ing, fidg·ets v. intr.
To cause to behave or move nervously or restlessly. n.
[From obsolete and dialectal fidge, to move restlessly, perhaps from Middle English fiken, of Scandinavian origin.] |
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fidget (n.)
1674, as the fidget "uneasiness," later the fidgets, from a 16c. v. fidge "move restlessly," from M.E. fiken "to fidget, hasten," from O.N. fikjask "to desire eagerly" (cf. Ger. ficken "to move about briskly;" see fuck). The v. fidget is first attested 1672 (implied in fidgetting).
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