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Definition of Fidgetiness
1. Noun. A feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion. "Waiting gave him a feeling of restlessness"
Generic synonyms: Agitation
Specialized synonyms: Impatience
Derivative terms: Fidget, Fidgety, Fidgety
Definition of Fidgetiness
1. n. Quality of being fidgety.
Definition of Fidgetiness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being fidgety. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fidgetiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fidgetiness
Literary usage of Fidgetiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Care of the Body by Francis Cavanagh (1907)
"... Reid and development by exercise—Baby and amoeba compared— The "fidgetiness"
of children a ... fidgetiness ..."
2. The Study of Children and Their School Training by Francis Warner (1897)
"The fidgetiness you observe is a physical fact, a number of movements not ...
The movements indicating fidgetiness may occur in healthy children when ..."
3. A Course of Lectures on the Growth and Means of Training the Mental Faculty by Francis Warner (1890)
"You look to the antecedents of this fidgetiness, and under what circumstances it
... fidgetiness may occur in healthy Causes. children when exhausted, ..."
4. Uric Acid as a Factor in the Causation of Disease: A Contribution to the by Alexander Haig (1908)
"... was an exaggeration of fidgetiness ; and is not fidgetiness a sign of ...
and fidgetiness; but overwork (fatigue) also produces ..."
5. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"Added to which, the convulsive twitches, the look of alarm, the fidgetiness, the
spasmodic breathing, and the reluctance, difficulty, and refusal to take ..."
6. The Clinical Journal (1902)
"In many cases the emotional disturbance so frequent in rheumatism is further
accompanied by an exaggerated fidgetiness, so that it is difficult to be quite ..."
7. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.by James Boswell by James Boswell (1873)
"Johnson's characteristic was fidgetiness ; but in him fidgetiness approaches the
sublime. Of all the judgments, literary, political, moral, which he passed, ..."
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