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fidge¹

Rhymes with -ɪdʒ

Where it comes from

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.

verb fidges · fidging · fidged · fitch

  1. Scotland, dialectal, obsolete To fidget; jostle or shake. "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..."

noun fidges · fitch

  1. Scotland, dialectal, obsolete A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.

Fidge²

Where it comes from

Variant of Fitch.

proper noun Fidges

  1. A surname.

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@misc{fidge_2026,
  title = {fidge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fidge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}