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[edit] WOTD – 8 August 2010

Etymology

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From fidge (“to fidget”) +‎ *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.

Pronunciation

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• (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪt

Verb

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fidget (third-person singular simple present fidgets, present participle fidgeting or (rare) fidgetting, simple past and past participle fidgeted or (rare) fidgetted)

1. (intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:"Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."
   • 1993, Mike Leigh, Naked, spoken by Johnny (David Thewlis):Will you stop fucking about and fidgeting in my peripherals? I'm trying to concentrate.
2. (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.

Derived terms

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• fidget-bottom
• fidgeter
• fidgetin
• fidgetingly
• fidgetsome
• unfidgeting

Translations

[edit] to move around nervously

Afrikaans: vroetel (af) Bulgarian: шавам (bg) (šavam), въртя се (vǎrtja se) Catalan: bellugar-se (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 坐立不安 (zh) (zuòlìbù'ān) Dutch: friemelen (nl), de kriebels hebben Esperanto: svingiĝi Estonian: nihelema Finnish: sätkiä (fi), sätkytellä (fi), nykiä (fi), nytkiä French: gigoter (fr), remuer (fr) German: zappeln (de), herumzappeln (de) Hungarian: fészkelődik (hu), izeg-mozog (hu), babrál (hu), mocorog (hu) Irish: bheith corrthónach, bheith giongach, bheith míshocair Japanese: せかせかする Korean: 안절부절못하다 (ko) (anjeolbujeolmothada) Māori: oreore, mānānana, irirangi Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: tǖlālā Norwegian: sprelle Polish: wiercić się impf Portuguese: estar inquieto Romanian: a se foi Russian: ёрзать (ru) (jórzatʹ), верте́ться (ru) (vertétʹsja) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: врпо̀љити се Latin: vrpòljiti se (sh) Spanish: revolverse (es), no quedarse quieto, no parar de moverse, moverse nerviosamente, moverse compulsivamente Tagalog: kuyakoy (tl)

Noun

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fidget (plural fidgets)

1. A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
2. (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually. Synonym: fidgeter
3. An object intended to be fidgeted with (such as a tool or toy).

Derived terms

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• fidget pie
• fidget spinner
• fidget-spinning
• fidget stone
• fidget toy
• fidgety

Translations

[edit] a person who fidgets

Afrikaans: vroetelaar Catalan: belluguet m, ballaruga f Dutch: zenuwlijder (nl) m Finnish: sätkyttelijä French: gigoteur (fr) m German: Zappelphilipp (de) m Greek: νευρόσπαστο (el) n (nevróspasto) Irish: giodam m, goraí m, útamálaí m Polish: wiercipięta (pl) m Russian: егоза́ (ru) f (jegozá), непосе́да (ru) m or f (neposéda)

Anagrams

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• gifted

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