1670s, as the fidget "uneasiness," later the fidgets, from a verb fidge "move restlessly" (16c., surviving longest in Scottish), perhaps from Middle English fiken "to fidget, hasten" (see fike (v.)).
fidget (v.)
1670s (implied in fidgetting); see fidget (n.). Related: Fidgeted.
The child is always fidgeting in his seat
he's got the fidgets
fiddle-head
fiddler
fiddlestick
fideism
fidelity
fidget
fidgety
fiducial
fiduciary
fie
fief
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