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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Fidgeted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Fodgeting

[From

; cf. OE.

fiken

to fidget, to flatter, Icel.

fika

to hasten, Sw.

fika

to hunt after, AS.

befician

to deceive. Cf.

To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.

Moore.

Noun.

Uneasiness; restlessness.

Cowper.

pl.

A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.

Dunglison.