feddle
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Misspelling of fettle.
verb
To fuss over.
Example Sentences
- "Is there ony soond mair meeserable an' peetifu' than the scrape o' a feddle, when it does na touch ony chord i' the human sensorium?"
- "I'll go immadiately an' buy Dermot's ould feddle."
- "“Aye, aye!” they all cry out. “Yer feddle, Tam, yer feddle!” (Tam gets it and comes down.)"
- "Well, whoever that OTHER person was, it appears that the REAL Xona is back and in fine feddle."
- "I'd rather see him once or twice a month while he gets his strength back, then he'll be more able to come back in fine feddle and kick some butt in style."
- "I'm in my fine feddle — as one of my masters, Mr. Henry Val Miller would surely shout, "Well, fuck a duck!""
Etymology
Eye dialect spelling descended from Middle English ffedle, fedele, fethil, fethele, variants of Middle English fithele, from Old English fiþele (“fiddle, viol, violin”). More at English fiddle.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ffedle, fiþele