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Definition of Fidge
1. n. & v. i. See Fidget.
Definition of Fidge
1. Verb. (obsolete dialectal Scotland) To fidget; jostle or shake. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete dialectal Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fidge
1. to fidget [v FIDGED, FIDGING, FIDGES] - See also: fidget
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fidge
Literary usage of Fidge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... fidge', Cotgrave. In prov. use in Scotland and in various parts of England (EDD.).
fie ; see lay (to clean). fig of Spain, a contemptuous gesture, ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"... and was adopted in E. under the form oí fish. To Fisk. To run about hastily
and heedlessly.—B. A word of similar formation to fig, fidge, firk, whisk. ..."
3. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"For the greater portion of the year, fidge, who considered his personal attractions
... fidge had the dirty fit upon him, and for days immemorial had been ..."
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