fikinessn.
/ˈfʌɪkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfaɪkinᵻs/, Scottish English /ˈfʌikɪnᵻs/ Chiefly Scottish.
Restlessness, agitation; the action of taking much trouble.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
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
1889 J. M. Barrie Window in Thrums xiv. 124 Her feikieness ended in his surrender.
1892 N. Dickson Auld Sc. Minister 128 I'm sure ye ken as weel as me that love's just an unco fykiness o' the mind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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