Restless agitation. 'He has the fidgets,' is said of one who cannot sit long in a place.--Todd. Grose.
Why, who can the Viscountess mean?
Cried the square hoods in woeful fidget;
The times are altered quite and clean.--Gray, Long Story.
But sedentary weavers of long tales
Give me the fidgets, and my patience fails.--Cowper, Con.
I was in a fidget to know where we could possibly sleep.--Mrs. Clavers, A New Home, p. 13.
TO FIDGET
To be restlessly active.--Richardson.
It was evident that there was something on his mind, as he fidgetted before the glass.--J. C. Neal, P. Ploody, p. 21.