Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fidge

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fidge
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fidget; jostle or shake.

Obsolete

noun

A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.

Obsolete

name

Example Sentences

""Look, Jim, how my fingers fidges," he continued in the pleading tone. "I can't keep 'em still, not I. I haven't had a drop this blessed day. That doctor's a fool, I tell you. If I don't have a dram o' rum, Jim, I'll have the horrors...""

Etymology

Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fiken, fika

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

fidges (present, singular) fidging (participle, present) fidged (participle, past) fidged (past) fitch (alternative) fidges (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

fidget

Rhymes With

bridge sandwich ridge fridge luggage homage arbitrage midge smidge frig pidge abridge

Questions

What does fidge mean?: To fidget; jostle or shake.
Where does fidge come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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