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Webster 1913 Edition
Fuss
1.
A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles.
Byron.
Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of
fuss
or noise Carlyle.
2.
One who is unduly anxious about trifles; a fussbudget.
[R.]
I am a
fuss
and I don’t deny it. W. D. Howell.
Fuss
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fussed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fussing
.] To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado.
Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fuss
FUSS
,Noun.
A tumult; a bustle; but the word is vulgar.
Definition 2024
fúss
fúss
Old Norse
Adjective
fúss (comparative fúsari, superlative fúsastr)
Descendants
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.