Fantigue

Quick meaning: Fantigue is a noun meaning (dialectal) A state of worry or excitement.

Meaning

(dialectal) A state of worry or excitement.

Example Sentences

"What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"

Lissy thought for a moment, and then said, in a cheering voice, "Come, come, get up; it's never no use at all to be kneeling there. Don't be in sich a fantigue, don't! Get up, and hear what I has to say."

“Oh dear! my lady! sure don't put yourself into such a fantigue; its quite sad for to see you; poor sweet lamb, she'll get better soon, and have no more nasty medicine to take—no more bitter stuff, that she shan't.”

Word Forms

• fantigues
• fanteague
• fanteeg
• fantique

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fever, furor, hyperexcitement, frenzy, fermentation, worry.

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