Fidget--what does it mean? "To behave or move nervously or restlessly," says thefreedictionary.com And that's true, but it misses just a bit of what "fidget" is--it's almost not definable. You see it and you know it.
And it's roots? Well, perhaps from the Middle English through old Norse, says the Online Etymology Dictionary : "fikjask 'to desire eagerly' (cf. Ger. ficken 'to move about briskly;' see fuck). The verb fidget is first attested 1670s (implied in fidgetting). Related: Fidgeted."
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