Dictionary entry

Fuss

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fuss (?), n. [Cf. Fusome.] 1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. Byron.

Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise Carlyle.

2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles.

I am a fuss and I don't deny it. W. D. Howell.