fantigue
fantigue noun: a state of worry or excitement.
Noun
fantigue (plural fantigues)
- A state of worry or excitement.
- "What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"1825, Ephraim Hardcastle (William Henry Pyne), The Twenty-Ninth of May: Rare Doings at the Restoration, volume 1, page 14
- Lissy thought for a moment, and then said, in a cheering voice, "Come, come, get up; it's never no use at all to be kneeling there. Don't be in sich a fantigue, don't! Get up, and hear what I has to say."1834, Peregrine Reedpen, Our Town; Or, Rough Sketches of Character, Manners, &c, volume 2, page 341
Forms of fantigue
| plural | fantigues |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fanteague |
| alternative form | fanteeg |
| alternative form | fantique |
Origin of fantigue
Unclear; possibly from or influenced by frantic or fanatic. Related to fantod.
Questions about fantigue
- What does fantigue mean?
- Fantigue means a state of worry or excitement.
- What part of speech is fantigue?
- Fantigue is a noun.
- What is the plural of fantigue?
- The plural of fantigue is fantigues.
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