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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.

noun feddles

  1. obsolete Fiddle (musical instrument). 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?
  2. misspelling Misspelling of fettle Well, whoever that OTHER person was, it appears that the REAL Xona is back and in fine feddle.

verb feddles · feddling · feddled

  1. obsolete To fiddle (play the fiddle). And my good companions and fellowe souldiours, if you will followe myne advise, laie aside your weapons, hang up your armours by the walles, and learne an other while (for your better advauncements) to pipe, to feddle, to synge, to daunce, to lye, to forge, to flatter, to cary tales, to set ruffe, o

adjective

  1. not comparable, regional, slang Federal. Uhmm, I don't know. Uhmm'but it looks like the feddle gummunt running ever'thing.

feddle²

noun feddles

  1. obsolete A wanton; A spoiled person. Sherwood defines CockNEY, by this word, niais, and mignot, cailnette, the former being, in Cotgrave, “a wanton, feddle, favourite, a dolling, dandling, darling,” and the latter, “foole, ninny, noddy, natural.”

verb feddles · feddling · feddled

  1. To fuss over. Now here it was 12.20 and he had another 15,000 envelopes to feddle before he knocked off. If he feddled well, conscientiously, Gremm would apply a heavy, gluey mixture to the flap of each envelope, then allow it to dry.
  2. regional To fiddle or fidget. For example, a pipe smoker who spends all the time lighting matches and feddling with his pipe, is very distracting in an interview situation.

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@misc{feddle_2026,
  title = {feddle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feddle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}