Etymology

fendy

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Today it means: cunning, shifty Full definition →

Scots fendie
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The story

  1. Scots · borrowed fromfendie“able to look after oneself, thrifty, active, healthy, lively”
  2. English todayfendy

From Scots fendie (“able to look after oneself, thrifty, active, healthy, lively”).

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