Dictionary entry

Fidget

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fidg″et (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fidgeted; p. pr. & vb. n.Fodgeting.] [From Fidge; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. Fickle.] To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. Moore.