fantigue dial.
(fænˈtiːg)
Also fanteag(ue, fanteeg, fantique.
[Cf. fantad.]
A state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this, esp. a fit of ill-humour.
| 1825 Univ. Songster ii. 142 Don't put yourselves in a fantique. 1837 Dickens Pickw. xxxviii, ‘Inwolving our precious governor in all sorts o' fanteegs.’ 1866 Mrs. H. Wood Elster's Folly I. v. 117 You need not have put yourself in a fantigue. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., The Missis is in a pretty fantaig. 1882 W. Worcestersh. Gloss., ‘E's allus on with some uv 'is fanteagues.’ |