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fidgety en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɪd͡ʒɪti/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English fidget Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fidgety From fidget + -y.

Meanings

  1. Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget; restless.
    • I did not feel sea-sick at all. But as the days passed, I became fidgety. I felt shy even in speaking to the steward. […] 1925-29, Mahadev Desai (translator), M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Part I, chapter xiii
    • A fidgety child can easily knock over the drink and burn the two of you. 1999, Laurie Waldstein, Leslie Zinberg, The Pink and Blue Toddler and Preschooler Pages:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fidgetier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
fidgetty alternative, archaic lexicographic
fidgetiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

fidgetily · fidgetiness

Synonyms

antsy · fretful · itchy

Translations (20)

mi maikutu (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · fi levoton (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · ru вертля́вый (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · ru непосе́дливый (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · el ανήσυχος (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · mr चुळबळ्या (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · nl ongedurig (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · fr agité (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · fi hermostunut (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · nn klåfingra (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · mi oreore (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · lv kustīgs (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · hu nyugtalan (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · tr kıpraşık (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · nl priegelig (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · mr चुळबुळ करणारा (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · nn ubyen (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · tr kıpırdak (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · mi manawarū (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget) · tr kıpır kıpır (having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget)