fikeryn.
/ˈfʌɪkəri/, U.S. /ˈfaɪkəri/, Scottish English /ˈfʌikərɪ/ Scottish.
Fidgetiness, fussiness: fuss.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > bustling or fussing > about trifles
fikery1823
fiddle-faddling1834
bettying1851
fussiness1851
fikiness1889
1823 J. Galt Entail I. 306 I canna understand..what for a' this fykerie's about a lump o' yird.
1823 M. Corbett & M. Corbett Petticoat Tales I. 330 ‘I couldna be fashed wi' sic fikery.’
1850 T. Carlyle Let. 12 Aug. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1997) XXV. 151 His fussiness and fikery have brought angry growlings.
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