fikery Sc.
(ˈfaɪkərɪ)
[f. fike v. + -ery.]
Fidgetiness, fussiness: fuss.
| 1823 Galt Entail I. 306, ‘I canna understand..what for a' this fykerie's about a lump o' yird.’ 1823 Petticoat Tales I. 330 ‘I couldna be fashed wi' sic fikery.’ 1850 Carlyle in Froude Life in London xviii. (1884) II. 51 His fussiness and fikery has brought angry growlings. |