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From fig (“to move briskly; go to and fro”, a variant of fike) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English fikelen (“to wag the head or tail; fawn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: To fidget about; wriggle Full definition →
From fig (“to move briskly; go to and fro”, a variant of fike) + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare also Middle English fikelen (“to wag the head or tail; fawn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.