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fidgetsome en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English fidget Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English fidgetsome From fidget + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by fidgetting.
   • He could only hope that taffy blonde with the vanilla ice-cream hide and chocolate eyes was as bored and fidgetsome back in that private compartment. 2001, Tabor Evans, Longarm 270: Longarm and the Lady Bandit:
   • A mob of humans and cactacae; khepri, their scarab heads fidgetsome; vodyanoi in the canals that linked to the city, crewing openbottomed barges; rarer races. 2004, China Miéville, Iron Council:

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