fiddlestickn.

Brit.

/ˈfɪdlstɪk/, U.S.

/ˈfɪd(ə)lˌstɪk/

Etymology: < fiddle n. + stick n.¹

1. The bow strung with horsehair with which the fiddle is played. the devil rides on a fiddle-stick: = here's a fine commotion.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > bow

fiddlestick14..

archon1480

stick?1570

bow1580

archet1640

arco1740

fiddle-bow1827

violin-bow1858

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > in a state of commotion or disorder [phrase]

on steerc1480

the devil to paya1500

in (an) uproar1548

the devil rides on a fiddle-stick1598

in motion1598

the devil (and all) to doa1681

(all) the fat is in the fire1797

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 693 Hic arculus, fydylstyk.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 493 The Deuil rides vpon a fiddle sticke .

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 106 I lent you indeed my Fiddle, but not my Fiddlestick .

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 400 Johnson: Give him a fiddle and a fiddle-stick, and he can do nothing.

1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) 210 I might as well inquire whether the fiddle or the fiddle-stick makes the tune.

2. humorously. Something insignificant or absurd, a mere nothing. Often substituted for another word in derisively repeating a remark. Also, fiddlestick's end. not to care a fiddlestick: to care not at all.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial

gnatc1000

ball play?c1225

smalla1250

triflec1290

fly1297

child's gamec1380

motec1390

mitec1400

child's playc1405

trufferyc1429

toyc1450

curiosity1474

fly-winga1500

neither mass nor matins1528

boys' play1538

nugament1543

knack?1544

fable1552

nincety-fincety1566

mouse1584

molehill1590

coot1594

scoff1594

nidgery1611

pin matter1611

triviality1611

minuity1612

feathera1616

fillip1621

rattle1622

fiddlesticka1625

apex1625

rush candle1628

punctilio1631

rushlight1635

notchet1637

peppercorn1638

petty John1640

emptiness1646

fool-fangle1647

nonny-no1652

crepundian1655

fly-biting1659

pushpin1660

whinny-whanny1673

whiffle1680

straw1692

two and a plack1692

fiddle1695

trivial1715

barley-strawa1721

nothingism1742

curse1763

nihility1765

minutia1782

bee's knee1797

minutiae1797

niff-naff1808

playwork1824

floccinaucity1829

trivialism1830

chicken feed1834

nonsensical1842

meemaw1862

infinitesimality1867

pinfall1868

fidfad1875

flummadiddle1882

quantité négligeable1885

quotidian1902

pipsqueak1905

hickey1909

piddle1910

cream puff1920

squat1934

administrivia1937

chickenshit1938

cream puff1938

diddly-squat1963

non-issue1965

Tinkertoy1972

a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh/1 Shot with a fiddle stick: who's here to shoot ye?

1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iv. ii. 33 Golden Pleasures! Golden Fiddlesticks.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Fiddlestick's End, Nothing.

1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 161 We do not care a fiddle~stick..for either public opinion or private ill-will.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 65 ‘We purify the boys' bloods now and then...’ ‘Purify fiddlesticks' ends’, said his lady.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. x. 103 She..proposed to die of a broken heart..A broken fiddlestick!

1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxvii. 214 ‘Beware the awful fiddlesticks!’ she flippantly answered.

3. Hence as int. An exclamation equivalent to Nonsense! fiddle-de-dee! Often in plural. Also, fiddlestick's end!

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > nonsense! [interjection]

strawc1412

tilly-vallya1529

flam-flirt1590

fiddlestick1600

fiddle-faddle1671

stuff1701

snuff1725

fudge1766

fiddlededeea1784

rats1816

havers1825

humbug1825

gammon1827

rubbish1839

pickles1846

rot1846

skittle1864

slush1869

flapdoodle1878

quatsch1907

phooey1908

tommyrot1931

balls1938

no shit1939

bollocks1940

phonus-bolonus1955

hockey1961

leave it out!1969

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 130 A fiddlesticke! ne're tell me I am full of words.

1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. vii Do you suppose men so easily change their natures? Fiddlestick!

1854 W. H. Ainsworth Flitch of Bacon ii. 17 ‘And she refused you.’ ‘Fortunately she did, my dear.’ ‘Fiddlestick's end! I dare say you preferred her.’

1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 211 Fiddlesticks! it's nothing but the skin broken.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. ii. 16 ‘Wounded? A fiddle-stick's end!’ said the doctor.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady vii. 219 Once a labourer always a labourer? Fiddlesticks!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fiddlestick
释义	fiddlestickn. Brit. /ˈfɪdlstɪk/, U.S. /ˈfɪd(ə)lˌstɪk/ Etymology: < fiddle n. + stick n.¹ 1. The bow strung with horsehair with which the fiddle is played. the devil rides on a fiddle-stick: = here's a fine commotion. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > bow fiddlestick14.. archon1480 stick?1570 bow1580 archet1640 arco1740 fiddle-bow1827 violin-bow1858 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > in a state of commotion or disorder [phrase] on steerc1480 the devil to paya1500 in (an) uproar1548 the devil rides on a fiddle-stick1598 in motion1598 the devil (and all) to doa1681 (all) the fat is in the fire1797 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 693 Hic arculus, fydylstyk. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 493 The Deuil rides vpon a fiddle sticke . View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 106 I lent you indeed my Fiddle, but not my Fiddlestick . View more context for this quotation 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1773 I. 400 Johnson: Give him a fiddle and a fiddle-stick, and he can do nothing. 1842 E. S. Abdy tr. R. von Falkenstein Water Cure (1843) 210 I might as well inquire whether the fiddle or the fiddle-stick makes the tune. 2. humorously. Something insignificant or absurd, a mere nothing. Often substituted for another word in derisively repeating a remark. Also, fiddlestick's end. not to care a fiddlestick: to care not at all. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little importance or trivial gnatc1000 ball play?c1225 smalla1250 triflec1290 fly1297 child's gamec1380 motec1390 mitec1400 child's playc1405 trufferyc1429 toyc1450 curiosity1474 fly-winga1500 neither mass nor matins1528 boys' play1538 nugament1543 knack?1544 fable1552 nincety-fincety1566 mouse1584 molehill1590 coot1594 scoff1594 nidgery1611 pin matter1611 triviality1611 minuity1612 feathera1616 fillip1621 rattle1622 fiddlesticka1625 apex1625 rush candle1628 punctilio1631 rushlight1635 notchet1637 peppercorn1638 petty John1640 emptiness1646 fool-fangle1647 nonny-no1652 crepundian1655 fly-biting1659 pushpin1660 whinny-whanny1673 whiffle1680 straw1692 two and a plack1692 fiddle1695 trivial1715 barley-strawa1721 nothingism1742 curse1763 nihility1765 minutia1782 bee's knee1797 minutiae1797 niff-naff1808 playwork1824 floccinaucity1829 trivialism1830 chicken feed1834 nonsensical1842 meemaw1862 infinitesimality1867 pinfall1868 fidfad1875 flummadiddle1882 quantité négligeable1885 quotidian1902 pipsqueak1905 hickey1909 piddle1910 cream puff1920 squat1934 administrivia1937 chickenshit1938 cream puff1938 diddly-squat1963 non-issue1965 Tinkertoy1972 a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh/1 Shot with a fiddle stick: who's here to shoot ye? 1701 G. Farquhar Sir Harry Wildair iv. ii. 33 Golden Pleasures! Golden Fiddlesticks. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Fiddlestick's End, Nothing. 1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 161 We do not care a fiddle~stick..for either public opinion or private ill-will. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby viii. 65 ‘We purify the boys' bloods now and then...’ ‘Purify fiddlesticks' ends’, said his lady. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. x. 103 She..proposed to die of a broken heart..A broken fiddlestick! 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) xxvii. 214 ‘Beware the awful fiddlesticks!’ she flippantly answered. 3. Hence as int. An exclamation equivalent to Nonsense! fiddle-de-dee! Often in plural. Also, fiddlestick's end! ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > nonsense! [interjection] strawc1412 tilly-vallya1529 flam-flirt1590 fiddlestick1600 fiddle-faddle1671 stuff1701 snuff1725 fudge1766 fiddlededeea1784 rats1816 havers1825 humbug1825 gammon1827 rubbish1839 pickles1846 rot1846 skittle1864 slush1869 flapdoodle1878 quatsch1907 phooey1908 tommyrot1931 balls1938 no shit1939 bollocks1940 phonus-bolonus1955 hockey1961 leave it out!1969 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will in Wks. (Grosart) VI. 130 A fiddlesticke! ne're tell me I am full of words. 1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. vii Do you suppose men so easily change their natures? Fiddlestick! 1854 W. H. Ainsworth Flitch of Bacon ii. 17 ‘And she refused you.’ ‘Fortunately she did, my dear.’ ‘Fiddlestick's end! I dare say you preferred her.’ 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 211 Fiddlesticks! it's nothing but the skin broken. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. ii. 16 ‘Wounded? A fiddle-stick's end!’ said the doctor. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady vii. 219 Once a labourer always a labourer? Fiddlesticks! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.14..
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