fidget

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion
  2. verb move restlessly

Etymology

From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.

In classic literature

Synonyms

fidgetiness, restlessness

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