fike
Restlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyanceRestlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance.
Meaning
4 sensesRestlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance.
(UK, dialectal)Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.
(UK, dialectal)A sore place on the foot.
(obsolete)A fig.
Origin
From Middle English fiken, fyken (“to fidget, move about restlessly, hasten away”), from OFrom Middle English fiken, fyken (“to fidget, move about restlessly, hasten away”), from Old Norse fíkjast (“to be eager or restless”), from fíka (“to climb, move”). Cognate with Scots fyke (“to move about restlessly, fidget, itch”), Norwegian fika (“to strive, take trouble”), Icelandic fikinn (“eager, greedy”). Related to fig and fidget.
From Middle English fike, from Old English fīc (“fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer, hemorrhoids”), from Proto-Germanic *fīkaz, *fīgō (“fig”), from Latin fīcus, fīca (“fig, fig-tree”). Cognate with Dutch vijg (“fig”), German Feige (“fig”), Swedish fikon (“fig”), Icelandic fikja (“ficus”). More at fig.
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