fidgetn.¹

Brit.

/ˈfɪdʒᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈfɪdʒᵻt/

Etymology: < fidge v., perhaps in imitation of rickets.

1. A condition of vague physical uneasiness, seeking relief in irregular bodily movements. Apparently first used in the fidget(s (now always plural) as if the name of a malady or pathological symptom (sometimes in definite pathological sense: see quot. 1876). Hence transferred a condition or mood of impatient uneasiness or restlessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > restlessness > [noun] > restless movement

friggingc1560

fidget1674

nestling1699

fidge1728

fidgetiness1792

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > state of nervous restlessness

fidget1674

fidgetiness1792

jim-jams1896

jimmies1928

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 134 'Tis a..thing that has got the fidget.

1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 22 Jesu Maria! Madam Bridget..(Cried the square hoods in woeful fidget).

1753 World 15 Feb. 39 Fits of the fidgets.

1778 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 67 I was really in the Fidgets from thinking what my reception might be.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 222 Weavers of long tales, Give me the fidgets.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 45 Their arrival, owing to the fidget and hurry of Mrs. Mourtray, was somewhat premature.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 104 Her tongue was cruelly on the fidget to be let loose.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. iii. viii. 233 The landlady and her daughter are on the fidgets.

1839 E. FitzGerald Lett. I. 51 I have got the fidgets in my right arm.

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Fidgets, general restlessness and troublesome uneasiness of the nerves and muscles.

1864 J. H. Newman Apologia (1865) 41 Palmer..still..felt..some fidget and nervousness.

1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 368 Wakefulness from..unrest of the peripheral nerves (fidgets), and similar causes, will generally be relieved by the bromides.

2. [ < fidget v.] One who fidgets or worries unnecessarily, or who causes the fidgets in others.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > restlessness > [noun] > restless movement > one who

frigger1659

fidget1816

fidge1884

natterer1900

fidgeter1929

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun] > one who worries

fidget1816

worrit1889

worrier1891

worryguts1932

worry wart1956

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun] > causing worry > one causing

fidget1882

worrit1889

worrier1912

1816 M. E. Bicknell Let. 19 Mar. in J. Constable Corr. (1964) II. 182 You know what a sad fidget I am.

1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 208 He..betrayed himself immediately to be a fidget.

1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 159 Lord St. Aubyn is a terrible fidget.

1882 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck Three in Norway ii. 10 Dispense with that creaking-booted fidget, the waiter.

3. [ < fidget v.] The action or habit of fidgeting, bustling about or worrying; also the rustling of a dress, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rustling

whisping1379

rustlinga1387

flushinga1398

ruffling1440

stichling?1553

brustling1589

rustle1624

rash1671

titter1853

fidget1860

gush1866

reesle1866

frou-frou1870

silking1871

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > bustling or fussing

flustering1422

bustlingc1450

buskling1546

fussation1775

fussing1826

fussification1834

rustling1872

fidget1890

spuffling1893

1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) iv. 68 The fidget of silk and of crinoline.

1890 Spectator 15 Nov. The policy of legislative fidget carried to the most mischievous excess.

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

fidgetn.²

Brit.

/ˈfɪdʒᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈfɪdʒᵻt/

Forms: Also 1800s– fitchet.

Etymology: Of uncertain origin: identified by Eng. Dial. Dict. with fitchet n., polecat, apparently from the strong, unpleasant odour of the pie while being baked. Assimilated to fidget n.¹

dialect.

fidget pie n. a savoury pie containing onions, apples, (potatoes) and bacon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > meat-pie

rafiolea1425

shred-pie1573

Florentine1579

marrowbone pie1595

marrow pie1598

meat pie1607

mutton pie1607

olive pie1615

venison piea1616

flesh-pie1616

veal (and ham) piea1625

godiveau1653

lumber-pie1656

mermaid pie1661

umble-pie1663

humble piea1665

trotter-pie1693

stump pie1695

mugget pie1696

pot-pie1702

squab-pie1708

pork pie1723

steak pie1723

Perigord pie1751

pasticcio1772

fidget pie1790

muggety pie1800

numble pie1822

Florentine pie1823

pastilla1834

kidney-pie1836

beef-steak pie1841

stand pie1872

Melton Mowbray1875

timbale1880

pâté en croûte1929

tourtière1953

growler1989

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) sig. E2 ^v Fitchet-pie, a pie given in the North and in Cheshire to the reapers at harvest-home, composed of apples, onions, and the fat of bacon, in equal quantities.

1857 E. C. Gaskell Let. 7 Dec. (1966) 487 If you will send me over a pie receipt,..I'll beat it by an equally original one,—namely a ‘Cheshire-fitchet-pie’—which is excessively good.

1946 Farmhouse Fare 88 Huntingdon Fidget Pie..Put 1 layer of apples at the bottom of a pie-dish..a layer of sliced onions..a layer of bacon...Cover with a good pastry crust, and bake.

1984 Listener 13 Dec. 19/3 When was the last time you went into a hotel or restaurant and found casseroled ormers,..fidget pie..or potted hough?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fidgetv.

Brit.

/ˈfɪdʒᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈfɪdʒᵻt/

Forms: Pples. fidgeted, fidgeting (often incorrectly with double t).

Etymology: < fidget n.¹

a. intransitive. To make movements indicative of impatience, restlessness, or uneasiness; to move restlessly to and fro. Also, to fidget about.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (intransitive)]

fikec1220

walka1225

shrugc1460

friga1500

fridgea1550

toss1560

fidge1575

trifle1618

figglea1652

jiffle1674

nestle1699

fidget1753

rummage1755

fissle1786

the world > movement > bodily movement > move the body or a member [verb (intransitive)] > shift about uneasily or awkwardly

fikec1220

trifle1618

shuffle1635

fidget1753

hawm1847

the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (transitive)]

fitch1692

to fidget about1828

the world > movement > bodily movement > move (the body or a member) [verb (transitive)] > move (body) uneasily

to fidget about1828

1753 [implied in: S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. li. 317 My fidgetting Lord thrust in..his sharp face. (at fidgeting adj.)].

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 216 It would have done one's heart good to have seen the governor snapping his fingers and fidgetting with delight.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. iii. 25 Davison..fidgeted about in his chair.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 236 Joe..had been fidgeting in his chair with divers uneasy gestures.

1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxxiii. 138 The Major..has been fidgetting about pairing parties off.

1867 J. Hatton Tallants xviii The chairman fidgetted uneasily in his seat.

b. To be uneasy; to worry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > be worried [verb (intransitive)]

to annoy of?c1400

fret1551

moil1567

ferret1807

worrit1854

worry1860

whittle1880

fidget1884

agonize1915

to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952

to stress out1983

stress1988

1884 Manch. Examiner 25 Nov. 5/1 They can but fidget and fume.

1884 J. H. Ewing Mary's Meadow (1886) 58 Mother fidgetted because I looked ill.

2. transitive. To cause (a person) to fidget; to make uncomfortable, trouble or worry; reflexive to take trouble. to fidget into: to force into a specified condition by fidgeting; hyperbolically, to fidget to death.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (transitive)] > cause to

fidget1785

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > worry about [verb (transitive)] > cause worry to

busyeOE

fretc1290

exercise1531

to lead, rarely give (a person) a dancea1545

pingle1740

potter1763

fidget1785

worrit1818

worry1822

bite1909

disquieten1921

to stress out1983

1785 [implied in: F. Burney Diary 25 Nov. This was rather fidgetting intelligence. (at fidgeting adj.)].

1816 J. Austen Emma II. ix. 178 She says I fidget her to death.

1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 85 The fever into which I had fidgetted myself.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 55 Spaniards never fidget themselves to get quickly to places where nobody is expecting them.

1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxv. 229 The heat fidgetted them all by day.

3. To move about restlessly and uneasily. rare.

ΚΠ

1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 86 Fan-flirting, and fidgetting the body about.

Derivatives

ˈfidgeted adj.

ΚΠ

1775 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 17 ‘How can you say so, Sir?’ cried Bell..colouring, and much fidgetted.

ˈfidgeting n.

ΚΠ

1765 C. Smart Fable iv, in Poems (1791) II. 11 Susan..all the rites of rage perform'd, As scolding..fidgetting, and fretting.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 66 Nothing is gained by fidgeting and overdoing.

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

n.¹1674

n.²1790

v.1753

单词	fidget
释义	fidgetn.¹ Brit. /ˈfɪdʒᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfɪdʒᵻt/ Etymology: < fidge v., perhaps in imitation of rickets. 1. A condition of vague physical uneasiness, seeking relief in irregular bodily movements. Apparently first used in the fidget(s (now always plural) as if the name of a malady or pathological symptom (sometimes in definite pathological sense: see quot. 1876). Hence transferred a condition or mood of impatient uneasiness or restlessness. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [noun] > restless movement friggingc1560 fidget1674 nestling1699 fidge1728 fidgetiness1792 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > state of nervous restlessness fidget1674 fidgetiness1792 jim-jams1896 jimmies1928 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 134 'Tis a..thing that has got the fidget. 1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 22 Jesu Maria! Madam Bridget..(Cried the square hoods in woeful fidget). 1753 World 15 Feb. 39 Fits of the fidgets. 1778 F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 67 I was really in the Fidgets from thinking what my reception might be. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 222 Weavers of long tales, Give me the fidgets. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 45 Their arrival, owing to the fidget and hurry of Mrs. Mourtray, was somewhat premature. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. vii. 104 Her tongue was cruelly on the fidget to be let loose. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. iii. viii. 233 The landlady and her daughter are on the fidgets. 1839 E. FitzGerald Lett. I. 51 I have got the fidgets in my right arm. 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Fidgets, general restlessness and troublesome uneasiness of the nerves and muscles. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia (1865) 41 Palmer..still..felt..some fidget and nervousness. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 368 Wakefulness from..unrest of the peripheral nerves (fidgets), and similar causes, will generally be relieved by the bromides. 2. [ < fidget v.] One who fidgets or worries unnecessarily, or who causes the fidgets in others. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [noun] > restless movement > one who frigger1659 fidget1816 fidge1884 natterer1900 fidgeter1929 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun] > one who worries fidget1816 worrit1889 worrier1891 worryguts1932 worry wart1956 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [noun] > causing worry > one causing fidget1882 worrit1889 worrier1912 1816 M. E. Bicknell Let. 19 Mar. in J. Constable Corr. (1964) II. 182 You know what a sad fidget I am. 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe I. 208 He..betrayed himself immediately to be a fidget. 1881 M. E. Herbert Edith 159 Lord St. Aubyn is a terrible fidget. 1882 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck Three in Norway ii. 10 Dispense with that creaking-booted fidget, the waiter. 3. [ < fidget v.] The action or habit of fidgeting, bustling about or worrying; also the rustling of a dress, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rustling whisping1379 rustlinga1387 flushinga1398 ruffling1440 stichling?1553 brustling1589 rustle1624 rash1671 titter1853 fidget1860 gush1866 reesle1866 frou-frou1870 silking1871 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > bustling or fussing flustering1422 bustlingc1450 buskling1546 fussation1775 fussing1826 fussification1834 rustling1872 fidget1890 spuffling1893 1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) iv. 68 The fidget of silk and of crinoline. 1890 Spectator 15 Nov. The policy of legislative fidget carried to the most mischievous excess. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fidgetn.² Brit. /ˈfɪdʒᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfɪdʒᵻt/ Forms: Also 1800s– fitchet. Etymology: Of uncertain origin: identified by Eng. Dial. Dict. with fitchet n., polecat, apparently from the strong, unpleasant odour of the pie while being baked. Assimilated to fidget n.¹ dialect. fidget pie n. a savoury pie containing onions, apples, (potatoes) and bacon. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > meat-pie rafiolea1425 shred-pie1573 Florentine1579 marrowbone pie1595 marrow pie1598 meat pie1607 mutton pie1607 olive pie1615 venison piea1616 flesh-pie1616 veal (and ham) piea1625 godiveau1653 lumber-pie1656 mermaid pie1661 umble-pie1663 humble piea1665 trotter-pie1693 stump pie1695 mugget pie1696 pot-pie1702 squab-pie1708 pork pie1723 steak pie1723 Perigord pie1751 pasticcio1772 fidget pie1790 muggety pie1800 numble pie1822 Florentine pie1823 pastilla1834 kidney-pie1836 beef-steak pie1841 stand pie1872 Melton Mowbray1875 timbale1880 pâté en croûte1929 tourtière1953 growler1989 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) sig. E2 ^v Fitchet-pie, a pie given in the North and in Cheshire to the reapers at harvest-home, composed of apples, onions, and the fat of bacon, in equal quantities. 1857 E. C. Gaskell Let. 7 Dec. (1966) 487 If you will send me over a pie receipt,..I'll beat it by an equally original one,—namely a ‘Cheshire-fitchet-pie’—which is excessively good. 1946 Farmhouse Fare 88 Huntingdon Fidget Pie..Put 1 layer of apples at the bottom of a pie-dish..a layer of sliced onions..a layer of bacon...Cover with a good pastry crust, and bake. 1984 Listener 13 Dec. 19/3 When was the last time you went into a hotel or restaurant and found casseroled ormers,..fidget pie..or potted hough? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fidgetv. Brit. /ˈfɪdʒᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfɪdʒᵻt/ Forms: Pples. fidgeted, fidgeting (often incorrectly with double t). Etymology: < fidget n.¹ 1. a. intransitive. To make movements indicative of impatience, restlessness, or uneasiness; to move restlessly to and fro. Also, to fidget about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (intransitive)] fikec1220 walka1225 shrugc1460 friga1500 fridgea1550 toss1560 fidge1575 trifle1618 figglea1652 jiffle1674 nestle1699 fidget1753 rummage1755 fissle1786 the world > movement > bodily movement > move the body or a member [verb (intransitive)] > shift about uneasily or awkwardly fikec1220 trifle1618 shuffle1635 fidget1753 hawm1847 the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (transitive)] fitch1692 to fidget about1828 the world > movement > bodily movement > move (the body or a member) [verb (transitive)] > move (body) uneasily to fidget about1828 1753 [implied in: S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. li. 317 My fidgetting Lord thrust in..his sharp face. (at fidgeting adj.)]. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. iii. 216 It would have done one's heart good to have seen the governor snapping his fingers and fidgetting with delight. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. iii. 25 Davison..fidgeted about in his chair. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 236 Joe..had been fidgeting in his chair with divers uneasy gestures. 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xxxiii. 138 The Major..has been fidgetting about pairing parties off. 1867 J. Hatton Tallants xviii The chairman fidgetted uneasily in his seat. b. To be uneasy; to worry. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > be worried [verb (intransitive)] to annoy of?c1400 fret1551 moil1567 ferret1807 worrit1854 worry1860 whittle1880 fidget1884 agonize1915 to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952 to stress out1983 stress1988 1884 Manch. Examiner 25 Nov. 5/1 They can but fidget and fume. 1884 J. H. Ewing Mary's Meadow (1886) 58 Mother fidgetted because I looked ill. 2. transitive. To cause (a person) to fidget; to make uncomfortable, trouble or worry; reflexive to take trouble. to fidget into: to force into a specified condition by fidgeting; hyperbolically, to fidget to death. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > restlessness > [verb (transitive)] > cause to fidget1785 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > worry about [verb (transitive)] > cause worry to busyeOE fretc1290 exercise1531 to lead, rarely give (a person) a dancea1545 pingle1740 potter1763 fidget1785 worrit1818 worry1822 bite1909 disquieten1921 to stress out1983 1785 [implied in: F. Burney Diary 25 Nov. This was rather fidgetting intelligence. (at fidgeting adj.)]. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. ix. 178 She says I fidget her to death. View more context for this quotation 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 85 The fever into which I had fidgetted myself. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 55 Spaniards never fidget themselves to get quickly to places where nobody is expecting them. 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxv. 229 The heat fidgetted them all by day. 3. To move about restlessly and uneasily. rare. ΚΠ 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 86 Fan-flirting, and fidgetting the body about. Derivatives ˈfidgeted adj. ΚΠ 1775 F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 17 ‘How can you say so, Sir?’ cried Bell..colouring, and much fidgetted. ˈfidgeting n. ΚΠ 1765 C. Smart Fable iv, in Poems (1791) II. 11 Susan..all the rites of rage perform'd, As scolding..fidgetting, and fretting. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 66 Nothing is gained by fidgeting and overdoing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1674n.²1790v.1753
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fidgetv.

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