fantiguen.
dial.
A state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this, esp. a fit of ill-humour.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
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1825 Univ. Songster ii. 142 Don't put yourselves in a fantique.
1837 Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxvii. 412 Inwolving our precious governor in all sorts o' fanteegs.
1866 Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly I. v. 117 You need not have put yourself in a fantigue.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. The Missis is in a pretty fantaig.
1882 W. Worcestersh. Gloss. ‘E's allus on with some uv 'is fanteagues.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2012).
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