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FEAR - adjectives
• ADRAD † frightened; greatly afraid, in a state of fear, put in dread ...c1225
• AFEARD affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• AFEARED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• AFFERED affected with fear or terror; frightened, afraid ...c1000
• AGGISOM frightful; fear-inspiring ...1908 Sc.
• AWESOME that fills someone with reverential fear, wonder, or respect ...1578
• BLIRT pale with fear ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CAREFUL † causing trouble or fear; dreadful ...c1340-70
• CREEPS a feeling of repugnance or fear; the unease felt in the presence of a 'creepy' person or in a spooky place ...Brit. sl.
• DARING † staring, trembling, or crouching with fear, etc. ...1333
• EFFRAYED † frightened, shaking with fear ...1553
• FAINTY weak from fear; scared ...1965 Amer. dial.
• FUNKED * seized by fear or panic; agitated, unsettled, disturbed ...1831
• FUNKED OUT * seized by fear or panic; agitated, unsettled, disturbed ...1859
• GHASTFUL full of fear, scared ...LME arch.
• HALULU annoyed, upset; weak from fear ...1967 Hawaii
• HORRESCENT * shuddering with fear; expressing or showing horror ...1865
• IREY † melancholy, gloomy; causing fear ...1733 Sc.
• IRIE † melancholy, gloomy; causing fear ...1733 Sc.
• PANTOPHOBIC having irrational fears ...1857
• PANTOPHOBOUS having irrational fears ...1893
• QUAKEFUL † causing fear or quaking ...1609
• SCAFE wild, rude; awkward, esp. used of boys; full of fear ...1884 Eng. dial.
• SCARED SHITLESS extremely frightened; senseless with fear or physical distress ...M20 sl.
• TIMBERSOME † characterized by fear; timorous, timid ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• TIMOROUS † causing fear or dread; dreadful, terrible ...1455
• TIMORSOME † characterized by fear; timorous, timid ...1599-1600 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UNCOUTHY 1. † dreary, causing fear ...1768 Sc.
2. † under the influence of fear ...Bk1905 Sc.
fear - nouns  (also see FEARS for phobias)
• AMP fear, terror ...B1900 Sc.
• ARGHNESS timidity, superstitious fear ...Bk1898 Sc.
• BACK-FEAR an object of fear from behind ...1728 Sc.
• BLUE FUNK extreme nervousness; tremulous dread; fear ...1861 sl.
• BOGGLE a fright, fear, scruple ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BRITTS fear ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shits'
• COLD FEET fear of doing something risky or dangerous ...1896 sl., orig. US
• CREEPS, THE a feeling of repugnance or fear; the unease felt in the presence of a 'creepy' person or in a spooky place; a feeling of horror caused by something uncanny ...1879 sl.
• DARE a feeling of awe or fear ...Bk1900 Sc.
• EDGARS a bad mood, anxiety, fear ...1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'the shits' (Edgar Britts)
• EDGAR BRITTS a bad mood, anxiety, fear ...1983 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'the shits'
• EFFERE †* fear ...1553 Sc.
• EFFRAY † fear, terror ...1375
• EIR † fear, dread ...1808 Sc.
• ERE † fear, dread ...1808 Sc.
• EYE † fear, terror, dread ...c1175
• FEAR † an object of fear; something that is, or is to be, feared ...1535
• FEAREDNESS † the condition of being frightened or afraid; terror, fear; also, a cause of fright ...a1300
• FEARLAC † fear, terror ...a1225
• FEARLING a creature that fears ...1837 nonce word
• FRIGHTENER fear ...1960s sl.
• FUNK a state of panic, extreme nervousness, agitation, etc.; utter fear or terror ...1743 sl.
• FUNKINESS * fear, nervousness, timidity ...1859
• FUNKING the act or fact of showing fear, nervousness, or cowardice; a backing out of or evading something due to nerves, cowardice, etc. ...1823 colloq.
• HEART-QUAKE sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc.; a trembling of the heart; fearfulness ...1561
• HEEB a jittery sensation; a fearful feeling; a sense of anxiety ...1996 UK sl.
• JIMMY BRITTS fear ...1945 Aust. rhyming sl. for 'shits'
• MEEMIES a feeling of anxiety and fear ...1946 US sl.
• NANNICK an idle whim; a childish fancy or fear; a jibe ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PANOPHOBIA a form of melancholia marked by causeless or excessive terror; sudden fear or panic ...1799
• PANTAPHOBIA total absence of fear ...1893
• PANTOPHOBIA an irrational fear marked by terror ...1842
• PANTOPHOBY an irrational fear marked by terror ...1857
• RADDOUR † fear, terror ...c1375 Sc.
• RADNESS † fear, fright ...a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SHITS, THE fear ...1967 sl.
• SKRIK a fright; a tremor of fear ...L19 S. Afr.
• TIMERITY † fear, timidness, timidity ...1582
• TIMOR * fear ...1599
• TRENCH DREAMS fear; esp. the fear that one will show cowardice ...World War I Amer. sl.
• TRENCH HORRORS fear and cowardice, or fear of same ...World War I Amer. sl.
• UG † fear, dread ...a1240 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• UGGING dread, fear, horror, loathing ...c1250
• WHITE-KNUCKLER an event or experience provoking extreme fear, suspense, or anxiety; a very frightening or suspenseful book, film, etc. ...1968 colloq.
• WIND-UP fear ...1917 sl.
fear - verbs
• ADOUBT †* to fear, to dread ...c1400
• ADRAD 1. † to dread, to fear greatly ...a900
2. † to fear for oneself; to be afraid ...a1000
• ADREAD 1. † to dread, to fear greatly ...a900
2. † to fear for oneself; to be afraid ...a1000
• AIGH to frighten; to control through fear or awe ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• AWHAPE † to amaze, to stupefy with fear, to terrify, to confound utterly ...c1300
• BOTTLE OUT to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1979 Brit. sl.
• CHICKEN OUT to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out; to avoid or to withdraw from a plan, task, or endeavour because of fear; to quit ...1934 sl., orig. US
• CURDLE THE BLOOD to afflict a person with strong negative emotion, esp. fear or dread; to terrify ...1760
• DARE 1. † be in dismay, to tremble with fear, to lose heart, to dread ...c1300
2. † to daunt, to terrify, to paralyze with fear; to stupefy .,..1611 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• DERE 1. to terrify, to paralyze with fear, to stupefy ...1790 Sc.
2. † to be afraid, to shake with fear; to crouch, to hide, to lie hid ...1808 Sc.
• DINGO to behave in a treacherous, contemptible, or cowardly manner; to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1935 Aust. sl.
• EFFEIR †* to fear, to be afraid of ...1552 Sc.
• EFFRAY † to feel fear of; to fear ...1485
• FEAR-BLAST to blast a person with fear ...1593
• FREEZE to become immobile and ineffective from fear ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FREEZE UP to become immobile and ineffective from fear ...1970s Amer. sl.
• FUNK 1. to act in a cowardly manner; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
2. to be afraid; to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1813 sl.
• FUNK IT to avoid an issue or an act through fear ...18C sl.
• FUNK ON to act in a coward mannerly; to flinch or shrink through fear; to worry ...E18 sl.
• GLIFF † to take fright, to alarm, to startle; to be seized with a panic or sudden fear; to frighten ...1823 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAKE SOMEONE JUMP to keep someone in a state of anxiety or fear ...20C sl.
• MISDOUBT to doubt, to suspect; to fear, to apprehend; to think; to having an inkling or suspicion of ...1877 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
• OGGLE †* to shudder or quiver for fear ...c1450
• PUNK OUT to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1920 US sl.
• QUAIL to be frightened; to quake with fear ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SELL OUT to run in fear ...1930s US Black sl.
• SQUIB to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1918 Aust. sl.
• STARKLE † to shudder with fear, to quake, to be afraid ...1527
• TERRICULAMENT † to inspire with groundless fear ...1644
• TREPIDATE * to tremble with fear or agitation ...1623
• WEEN to exhibit fear; to weaken ...1926 Amer. dial.
• WIMP OUT to lose one's nerve, to avoid doing something out of fear ...1981 sl., orig. US
• YDOUT † to fear ...1297
• ZOMBIE UP to 'freeze'; to become incapable of acting or speaking through fear, etc. ...1940s sl.
fear - interjections/phrases
• AVOY! † an exclamation of surprise, fear, or remonstrance ...c1300
• DARE NOT QUETCH † implies fear or absolute submission ...a1300
• DURST NOT QUETCH † implies fear or absolute submission ...a1300
• IT STRIKES A DREAD TO ME I fear it greatly ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• LORD SAVE US! an exclamation of surprise, fear, etc. ...1789 Sc.
• OO-ER! an exclamation of fear or alarm ...1912
• SAINTS PRESERVE US! used for expressing fear ...1966 US sl.
• YIKES! an exclamation of fear or alarm ...1971

FEARED - adjectives 
• FEARABLE * giving cause for fear; to be feared ...1886
• VERRID † feared ...1876 Eng. dial.
• YDOUTED † feared ...1399
 
FEARFUL - adjectives 
• AIRTH afraid, fearful ...Bk1852 Eng. dial.
• AIRTHFUL afraid, fearful ...Bk1852 Eng. dial.
• ARFISH timid, fearful, apprehensive ...1788 Eng. dial.
• BANG fearful, afraid ...Bk1913 S. Afr. 
• CHICKEN-SHIT cowardly, fearful ...1945 sl., orig. US
• CRAINTIVE † fearful, timorous, timid ...1490
• CREMETOUS †* fearful, timid ....c1477
• DIRT-FEARED excessively fearful ...1722 Sc.
• DIRT-FLEYD excessively fearful ...1722 Sc.
• DOUTOUS † fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible ...a1300
• EISFUL † fearful, terrible ...a1000
• EISLICH † fearful, terrible ...c888
• ELDRITCH weird, ghostly, unnatural; frightful, hideous, ghastly, fearful, terrible ...1508 Sc.
• FERDY †* fearful, timid, afraid, terrified ...c1340
• FORMIDOLOUS † to be feared, fearful, dreadful, terrible ...1656
• FUNKY afraid, fearful, timid, nervous, cowardly ...1837 sl.
• GRUEFUL * fearful, horror-struck ...1880
• GUN-SHY apprehensive; reluctant; fearful ...1884 Amer. sl.
• HARE-EYED watchful; fearful ...1611
• JEALOUS † suspicious; apprehensive of evil, fearful ...c1532 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• OGGLESOME * fearful, horrible, gruesome ...1864
• PALE-HEARTED wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid ...1605
• PANICFUL full of panic, fearful ...1846
• PAVID * fearful, timid, shy, quaking ...1656
• SCAREDY afraid, fearful, timid, cowardly ...1955 Amer. dial.
• SCARY easily frightened, fearful, afraid, timid, cowardly ...1800 Amer. dial.
• TIMIDSOME timorous, fearful ...1898 Eng. dial.
• TIMMERSOME timorous, fearful; timid, nervous ...1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIMMY timid, fearful; nervous ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TIMORSOME * inspiring fear, fearful, dreadful ...1894
• TREMEBUND † inclined to tremble, fearful, trembling much; timorous, timid ...c1560 Sc.
• UGGLESOME * fearful, horrible, gruesome ...1561
• YARROW † fearful, faint-hearted ...1616 Eng. dial.
fearful - person
• NERVOUS NELLIE, NERVOUS NELLY a fearful, foolish, and timid person ...1920s US sl.
• SCARECAT a fearful person; anyone who is, or appears to be, frightened ...1897 Amer. dial.
• SCARED-CAT a fearful person ...1966 Amer. dial.
• SCARE TOAD a fearful person; one who is easily frightened ...1941 Amer. dial.
• SCARY-CAT a fearful person ...1966 Amer. dial.
fearful - verbs 
• ARGH to be timid or fearful; to feel reluctant from timidity, to hesitate ...1725 Sc.
• HAIR OUT to be fearful ...1990s sl.
• HAVE THE CAFARD to be fearful and sad ...Amer. World War I sl.
• PACK to be fearful ...1988 Aust. sl.
• PACK DEATH to be fearful ...1975 Aust. sl.
• PACK' EM to be fearful ...1944 Aust. sl.
• PACK IT to be fearful ...1945 Aust. sl.
• PACK SHIT to be fearful ...1971 Aust sl.
• PACK THEM to be fearful ...1944 Aust. sl.
• PACK THE SHITS to be fearful ...1971 Aust sl.
 
FEARFULLY - adverbs
• AFEAR † in fear ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AFEIR † in fear ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• AFERE † in fear ...c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• EISLICHE † fearfully; timidly ...c1175
• FEAREDLY † fearfully, timidly ...c1470
• FEARFUL † fearfully ...1634
• FEARINGLY with fear, timidly ...1820
 
FEARFULNESS - nouns
• HEART-QUAKE sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc.; a trembling of the heart; fearfulness ...1561

FEARLESS - adjectives 
• BARDACH stout, fearless ...1768 Sc.
• DOUGHTY fearless and resolute; stout-hearted ...OE now arch. or jocular
• GUTS-HIGH extremely courageous; fearless ...1958 Amer. sl.
• GUTS-UP extremely courageous; fearless ...1950s Amer. sl.
• IMPAVID * fearless, undaunted ...1857
• RACKLE rash, violent, headstrong, fearless ...Bk19C Eng. dial.
• TALLAWAH sturdy, fearless, physically capable ...1950s W. Indies sl.
fearless - person
• RAMBETTE a female 'Rambo' - reckless, fearless, the warrior woman ...1992 US sl.
 
FEARLESSLY - adverbs
• IMPAVIDLY * fearlessly ...1849
 
FEARLESSNESS - nouns
• IMPAVIDITY * fearlessness ...1604
• KODAK COURAGE a brief burst of fearlessness encountered when being photographed ...1997 US sl.

FEARS - see nouns

FEASIBLE - adjectives
• EFFECTUABLE †* that can be effectuated; feasible ...1611
• ON possible, feasible, worthy of an attempt ...1935 UK sl.
• OPERABLE † that may or should be done; practicable, feasible ...1646
feasible - nouns 
• FEASIBLES † things feasible ...1661
 
FEAST - adjectives
• EPULARY having to do with a feast or banquet ...1678
• FEASTEN * made for a feast ...1891
feast - adverbs 
• FEASTLY † as men do at a feast; merrily ...c1250
feast - nouns 
• BELLY-RIVE a great feast; a social gathering ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BENDER a bout of drinking; a spree; a riotous feast; often lasting several days and including random acts of excess, violence, etc. ...1827 US
• BIRLING a feast, a carousal; a drinking-match in which the drink is clubbed for ...1819 Sc. 
• BLAW-OUT a good meal; a great display or feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BLOW-OUT a feast, entertainment; a large meal ...1821 sl.
• BLOW-UP a dinner, supper, or other entertainment for which an abundant supply of food and drink is provided or at which it is consumed; a feast ...1807-8 chiefly US
• BONAILLIE farewell; good-speed; a farewell feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BONALLY farewell; good-speed; a farewell feast ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BREAKINGS the remains of a feast, broken meats ...Bk1911 Sc.
• EATING MATCH a feast ...M19 W. Indies sl.
• FAIRUCH a feast, a 'tuck-in' ...1936 Sc.
• FARM † food, provision; hence, a banquet, a feast ...a900
• FEED a meal; a sumptuous meal; a feast; a full meal ...1808
• GAUDY a grand feast or entertainment; an annual dinner in commemoration of some event in the history of a college ...1651
• GAWDY a grand feast or entertainment; an annual dinner in commemoration of some event in the history of a college ...1651
• MANGERY † a banquet; a ceremonial feast; a series of festivities ...a1300
• MERRY-MEAL a feast held to celebrate the birth of a child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MERRY-MEAT a feast held to celebrate the birth of a child ...1824 Sc.
• RANDY-BOOZE n. a feast, an uproarious holiday ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• REVEL a parish feast; a wake ...1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RUSH † a feast, a party ...1788 Eng. dial.
• TROIL a feast ...1886 Eng. dial.
• TIDE an annual feast or festivity; a fair ...1865 Eng. dial.
feast - person
• BANQUETEER a guest at a banquet; a feaster; a reveller ...1821
• BANQUETER a guest at a banquet; a feaster; a reveller ...1549
• BIRLER a master of the revels, who presides at a feast ...1851 Eng. dial.
• CONVIVE one who feasts with others; a table companion ...1651
• FEASTER † the giver of a feast, a host, an entertainer ...c1425
• FEAST-MAKER the giver of a feast ...a1661
• FEAST-MASTER one who presides at a feast ...1610
• FEASTRESS * a female feaster ...1836-48
• HAINER the master who holds or sustains the expenses of the feast ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• JUNKETER orig., a person who holds or attends a feast, banquet or other festive gathering; a reveller; a party-goer ...1721
feast - verbs
• BEGIN THE DAIS † to take the chief seat, or preside at a feast ...1297
• BELLY-CHEER † to feast luxuriously, revel; to indulge in food and drink ...1549
• DELICIATE †* to take one's pleasure; to enjoy oneself; to indulge in delicacies; to feast; to revel; to luxuriate ...1633
• EPICURIZE † to play the epicure; to eat or feast daintily or luxuriously ...1634
• GALRAVIDGE to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc.
• GALRAVITCH to make an uproar; to gad about, to romp; to live riotously, to feast ...1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• GAMMOCK to go feasting and frolicking from place to place ...1876 Eng. dial.
• JUNKET † to hold or attend a banquet or feast; to make merry, to celebrate, esp. with eating and drinking ...1607
• KILL THE FATTED CALF to prepare an elaborate feast in welcome or celebration 
• OBLIGURATE †* to 'spend all on the belly'; to 'spend on belly-cheer'; surmised to mean: to spend time feasting ...1623
• OBLIGURE †* to banquet ...1623
• SMOUSE to feast, to eat up, consume, as a delicacy ...1775
 
FEASTING - adjectives
• EPULOUS †* feasting to excess; full of banqueting ...1692
• FEASTLY †* festive, fond of feasting, jolly ...c1385
• JUNKETING † that holds or attends feasts, parties, etc.; convivial, sociable ...1653
feasting - nouns 
• BELLY-CHEER † a feasting, gluttony, luxurious eating ...1549
• COMESSATION † a frolic and jovial meeting to eat, drink, and make good cheer; feasting, banqueting, revelling ...c1380
• GALRAVITCHING riotous living, feasting; a noisy merrymaking ...1820 Sc.
• JUNKETING the act of feasting, banqueting, or merrymaking ...1555
• OBSONATION †* a feasting ...1623
• WAITING † entertainment, feasting ...a1300
 
FEAT - nouns
• BANDY a stunt or feat; feats of agility or strength ...1914 Amer. dial.
• DAGS a feat; an achievement; a performance ...c1850 colloq.
• MAISTRICE † mastery; superiority, superior force or skill; a deed of might or skill; a feat ...a1300, chiefly Sc.
 
FEATHER - adjectives
• IMPLUMED * unfeathered, unfledged; deprived of feathers ...1604
• IMPLUMOUS †* unfeathered, unfledged; deprived of feathers ...1755
• PLUMATILE †* made of feathers ...1715
feather - nouns 
• FEATHERET a small feather ...1882
• FEATHERHAM † a covering or appendage of feathers; plumage, wings ...a800
• FEATHERLET a small feather ...1834
• GANDER'S WOOL feathers ...1600
• GOOSE HAIR goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these ...1887 Amer. dial.
• TIDDLER a feather or feather-brush for tickling ...1900 sl.
• ULLYA-PLUCK wool, hair, or feathers as remains of the carcass of an animal or bird ...1897 Sc.
• VANE the web of a feather ...1713
feather - verbs
• IMPLUME †* to pull off the feathers ...1604
• PARKEN to ruffle up the feathers ....Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FEATHER-BRAINED - adjectives
• DAFFY-HEADED feather-brained; foolish; daft ...1981 UK sl.
 
FEATURE - adjectives
• FEATURAL pert. to the features ...1883
feature - nouns
• FAVOUR † a feature ...1596
 
FEBRUARY - nouns
• FEBBYWERRY February ...1922 Amer. dial.
• FIBBYWERRY February ...1922 Amer. dial.
• LEAP-MONTH † February of leap year ...1566
 
FECES - see EXCREMENT
 
FECKLESS - adjectives
• MALLIFUFF silly, paltry, incapable of energetic action, feckless ...1827 Sc.
• NIDDLE-NODDLE trifling, feckless ...1964 Sc. 
• PAIDLING toddling, waddling; hence, aimless, feckless ...1792 Sc.
feckless - person
• BLAITIE BUM † (derogatory) a lazy or feckless person; an idler; a simpleton, a fool, a bungler; a sheepish fellow ...1540 Sc.
• HEN-WIFE a cotquean, a coarse, vulgar, scolding woman; a feckless. irresponsible, or shiftless female ...Bk1886 Eng. dial.
• PISS ARTIST a drunkard; a person who fools about; a feckless or irresponsible person ...1962 colloq.
• WISGAN a term of abuse; a stunted, useless, feckless person ...1894 Sc.

FED - adjectives
• ABECHED †* fed, satisfied ...1731
• YFED † fed ...a1100
 
FEDERAL - adjectives
• G federal ...1920s US sl.
 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - nouns
• BAG JOB an illegal search of s suspect's property by agents of the FBI for the purpose of copying or stealing incriminating documents ...1971 US sl.
• FEEBEE, FEEBY the FBI; the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...Bk2006 US sl.
• FOLEY SQUARE the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...Bk1974 Amer. sl.
Federal Bureau of Investigation - person 
• FAN BELT INSPECTOR an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigations ...1971 US sl.
• FED an FBI agent ...1916 US sl.
• G-WOMAN a woman who is an FBI agent ...1984 Amer. sl.
• HARD JOHN an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...1945 US sl.
 
FED-UP - adjectives
• BRASSED OFF annoyed and unhappy; fed up, disgruntled ...1838
• BROWNED OFF bored, fed-up ...1938 Brit. sl.
• CHEESED bored, fed-up ...1941 Brit. sl.
• CHEESED OFF bored, disgusted, angry, fed-up ...1941 sl.
• CHOCKA disgruntled; bored; fed up ...c1920 Royal Navy sl.
• CHOCKER disgruntled; bored; fed up ...c1920 Royal Navy sl.
• CHOKED OFF disgusted, fed-up ...1980 UK sl.
• CHOKKER bored, fed-up ...1942 Brit. sl.
• FED UP TO THE BALLS completely fed up ...1965 US sl.
• GUTTED bitterly disappointed and unhappy; devastated, shattered; utterly fed up ...1984 sl.
• JACK bored, fed-up ...1889 Aust. sl.
• JACKED angry, annoyed, fed up ...L19 Aust. sl.
• NAFFED OFF fed up, annoyed ...1990s sl.
• PISSED (OFF) angry, irritated; fed up, depressed ...1943 sl., orig. US
• SICK AND TIRED OF bored or fed-up with someone or something ...1783 UK
• SICK OF bored, fed-up ...1597
• SICK TO DEATH OF bored or fed-up with someone or something ...1890 UK sl.
 
FEE - nouns
• ALL OUTDOORS an exorbitant fee ...1969 Amer. dial.
• SALARY † reward or remuneration for services rendered; fee ...c1440
 
FEEBLE - adjectives
• BEHEEMED sickly, feeble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• CADUKE † of persons; infirm, feeble ...1510-20
• DAELESS helpless, feeble, useless ...1929 Sc.
• DEADASS very boring, feeble, or very stupid ...20C Amer. sl.
• DEBILE † weak, feeble, suffering from debility ...1536
• DEBILITATE † enfeebled; feeble ...1552
• DECREPIT wasted or worn out with old age, decayed and enfeebled with infirmities; old and feeble; senile ...c1450
• DODDERING shaky, feeble, or infirm, as from old age; foolish, senile ...Bk1942 colloq.
• DOITY silly; feeble, childish ...19C Eng. dial.
• DOWLESS without strength or energy, feeble; infirm ...L18 Sc.
• DRIPPY boring, dull, feeble ...1952 colloq.
• FADE † faded, feeble, languishing, withered ...1303
• FAINT † of persons or animals: weak, feeble; sickly, out of condition ...c1350
• FARROCHLESS feeble ...1837 Sc.
• FECKLESS of things: ineffective, feeble, futile, valueless, worthless ...1599 orig. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• FEEBLISH somewhat feeble ...1674
• FEEBLOSE * rather feeble; weakly ...1882
• FIBBLE feeble ...1883 Amer. dial.
• GAMMY lame, crooked, injured, sore, feeble ...1879 Eng. dial.
• GUTLESS cowardly, feeble, lacking determination ...1900 US sl.
• IMPUISSANT weak, feeble, impotent, powerless ...1629
• MAFFLING weak, feeble, infirm ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MAICHERAND weak, feeble, incapable of exertion ...1808 Sc.
• MARBEL feeble, inactive ...Bk1905 Sc.
• MARCID † weak, feeble, exhausted ...1656
• MARCIDIOUS †* rotten, decayed, withered; feeble, weak, exhausted ...1656
• MAUGHTLESS feeble, wanting bodily strength ...1742 Sc.
• PALTRY unwell, feeble, indisposed ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAP of persons or objects: weak, feeble ...1910s S. Afr. sl.
• PAPPY feeble or weak in character or will ...1893
• PAULIE, PAWLIE of the mind: feeble, silly ...Bk1903 Sc.  
• PEAKING sickly, feeble; pinched in appearance ...1777 Eng. dial.  
• QUEACHY feeble, sickly, weak, small ...1859 Eng. dial. 
• QUEECHY ailing, sickly, queasy, feeble ...1859 Eng. dial.
• SACKLESS weak in mind or body; feeble, helpless; wanting in energy ...1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SILLY 1. † of persons or animals: weak, feeble, frail ...1567
2. weakly, feeble, sickly, ailing ...a1585 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• SINEWLESS lacking vigour; feeble, weak, powerless ...1644
• SWAK weak, feeble ...20C S. Afr. sl.
• TANGLE tall and feeble; loose-jointed ...Bk1905 Sc.
• TANGLY long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• THEWLESS feeble, inactive ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• UNDOUGHT sickly, puny, feeble; contemptible ...1773 Sc.
• UNFEARY feeble, infirm, weak, unfit for action ...1838 Sc.
• UNFIERDY feeble, infirm, unfit for action ...Bk1905 Sc.
• UNFREELIE frail, feeble ...Bk1905 Sc.
• WABBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WAFF of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective ...1822 Sc.
• WAFFLE inert, limp, feeble, weak, sluggish ...1847 Sc.
• WAFF-LIKE of persons: feeble in body or mind, weak, exhausted, spiritless, stupid, ineffective ...1822 Sc.
• WAFF-LOOKING feeble or sickly in appearance ...1923 Sc.
• WAFFLY feeble, weak ...1894 Sc.
• WAMBLY tottery, weak, feeble ...1973 Sc. 
• WANDOUGHT feeble, ineffective, worthless ...1788 Sc.
• WAPPIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• WEEFLY feeble ...1894 Sc.
• WET AS WATER very feeble or corny ...Bk1999 Aust. sl.
• WUBBIT exhausted, tired out, played out, feeble, without energy ...1895 Sc.
• YEA-NAY wavering, undecided; feeble in character ...1902 Eng. dial.
feeble - person (includes FEEBLE-BRAINED and FEEBLE-MINDED person)
• BARM-STICK a feeble-minded person; a person of weak intellect ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BEUCHEL a small, feeble, and crooked person ...1825 Sc
• DAMP a feeble or inept person ...Brit. sl.
• DEADASS a lazy or stupid person; a boring or feeble person; an absolute dullard ...1959 Amer. sl.
• DEADLEG a feeble, lazy, or disappointing person ...1950s Brit. sl.
• FEEBLE † a feeble person; a weak, frail, or ineffectual person ...1340
• FEEBLER †* one who or that which makes feeble or weak ...1586
• FEEBLING a feeble person; a weakling ...L19
• HECKABIRNEY, HECKABIRNIE a lean, feeble person ...1825 Sc.
• MESSAN a derogatory term for a feeble, contemptible or sycophantic person ...1721 Sc.
• MORON a stupid or slow-witted person; a fool; an idiot; a feeble-minded person; a dunce ...1917 colloq., orig. US
• NAMBY-PAMBY a weakly sentimental person; a feeble or effeminate person; an overly nice person ...1885
• NAZZARD † an insignificant or feeble person; a worthless scamp; a silly, foolish fellow ...1619 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• PALLYWAT a feeble, complaining person ...1899 Sc.
• PANTALOON † a term of contempt applied to an enfeebled, tottering old man; a dotard, an old fool ...1596-1600
• PAUCHLE a feeble old person, a tottering old body ...1824 Sc.
• PAULIE, PAWLIE a slow, inactive person; a feeble, inanimate person ...1825 Sc.  
• REMNANT a feeble old creature, the wreck of a man ...1826 Sc.
• SAFT-HAND a feeble or inexpert person ...1818 Sc.
• SILLY BILLY a foolish or feeble person ...1749
• WAFFLE a feeble, silly, spineless person ...1887 Sc.
• WALIDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1508 Sc.
• WALKING CORPSE a person hardly distinguishable from a corpse save by the power of movement; a feeble, useless, incapable fellow; a 'moving piece of flesh' ...1693
• WALLIDRAG, WALLYDRAG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1508 Sc.
• WALLIDREG a feeble, ill-grown person or animal ...1817 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAGGLE a feeble, ill-grown person or animal; a worthless, slovenly person, esp. a woman ...1871 Sc.
• WALLY-DRAIGLE a feeble, ill-grown person or animal ...1817 Sc.
• WAMBLIN a puny, feeble, undernourished person or animal ...1825 Sc. 
• WANDOUGHT a feeble or puny person ...a1728 Sc.
• WARRACH a stunted, feeble, ill-grown person, or puny child ...Bk1825 Sc.
• WILLIE-WALLOCK a contemptuous term for a feeble-spirited, effeminate man ...1937 Sc.
• WOBART † a feeble, decayed person ...1856 Sc.
• WORLIN a puny, feeble child ...1819 Sc.
• WOWBAT † a feeble, decayed person ...1856 Sc.
• ZINNY a feeble-brained person ...Bk1855 Eng. dial.
feeble - verbs
• ACRAZE † to weaken, to impair, to enfeeble ...1549
• DACKER to walk slowly, to saunter, to loiter; to walk aimlessly; to go about in a feeble or infirm state ...1818 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DAIBLE to go about in an inactive and feeble way; generally applied to children ...1825 Sc.
• FAINT 1. * to depress, to enfeeble, to weaken; to make faint or  weak ...c1386
2. † to become faint; to grow weak or feeble, to decline ...c1400 obs. exc. poetic
• FEEBLE † to become or grow feeble ...a1225
• FEEBLISH † to render feeble, weak, or infirm, to enfeeble ...1375
• FOOTLE to talk or act foolishly; to do anything in a feeble or ineffectual manner; to dawdle, to trifle, to potter; to idle, to waste time ...1892 sl.
• HARL ABOUT to move about feebly; to crawl, to creep ...1871 Sc.
• HINGLE to go about in a feeble, languid fashion, as during convalescence; to hang about, to loiter aimlessly ...1804 Sc.
• IMBECILITATE † to make imbecile, weak, or feeble; to enfeeble; to deprive of strength ...1647
​• PALL † to make faint or feeble; to enfeeble, to weaken; to daunt, to appal ...1690
• PAUCHLE to move feebly but persistently; to shuffle, to hobble; to struggle along, to make slow and painful progress, to move painfully forward ...1880 Sc.
 
FEEBLE-MINDED - adjectives
• BEANY mentally defective, whether feeble-minded or insane ...1914 Amer. dial.
• BRAIN-DEAD feeble-minded, stupid ...1981 sl., orig. US
• EASY feeble-minded, idiotic, silly ...1896 Eng. dial.
• SIMPLE-MINDED possessing little or no subtlety of intellect; showing little intelligence or judgement; also, feeble-minded, weak-minded ...1744
• SOFT-HEADED feeble-minded; stupid; simple ...colloq.
feeble-minded - phrases 
• HIS BREAD AIN'T DONE used to indicate that a person is mentally dull or feeble-minded ...1940 Amer. dial.
• NOBODY HOME an expression applied to any person thought to be stupid, feeble-minded, inattentive, etc. ...c1915 Amer. sl.
• NOBODY HOME UPSTAIRS said of someone considered to be stupid, feeble-minded, absent-minded, inattentive, etc. ...1951 Amer. dial.
 
FEEBLEMINDEDNESS - nouns
• WOOBLES feeblemindedness, foolishness, idiocy ...1933 Amer. dial.
 
FEEBLENESS - nouns
• FAINTISE † feebleness, weakness of body or mind; want of energy, cowardice ..1297
• FECKLESSNESS lack of vigour or energy, feebleness ...1637
• FEEBILITY †* feebleness ...1413
• FEEBLE † weakness, feebleness ...c1325
• FEEBLESS † feebleness, infirmity; infirm health ...1297 obs. exc. arch.
 
FEEBLY - adverbs
• FECKLESSLY feebly, ineffectually; wretchedly ...1862
• MAUGHTLESSLY feebly, impotently ...1880 Sc.
• THIEVELESSLY feebly, weakly, aimlessly, without force or energy ...1890 Sc.
 
FEED - verbs
• ABECHE, ABESHE †* to feed ...1393
• AFEDE, AFEED † to feed, to nourish ...c1000
• BAIT 1. † to feed, to take nourishment ...c1386
2. of men and horses: to stop to feed ...1634 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• DIET to feed, to supply with food ...1789 Eng. dial.
• FAMPLE †* to put food into a child's mouth ...c1230
• FARE to feed, to entertain with food ...1839 Sc.
• FEED FULL AND HIGH to supply with rich and abundant food ...1697
• GREASE ONE'S MOUTH to feed with fatness, as with bacon ...1922 Amer. dial.
• HEARTEN † to strengthen with food or nourishment ...1586
• MEAT to feed, to provide with food; to board ...1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAMP †* to feed up, to overfill ...a1400
• PUT THE BIG POT IN THE LITTLE POT to make emergency preparations to feed unexpected guests; to prepare a lavish meal, esp. for guests; hence, to do something thoroughly; to enjoy oneself thoroughly ...1892 Amer. dial.

FEEL - verbs
• FAM to feel, to handle; to grope a woman ...M18 sl.
• GRUBBLE to feel; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman's private parts or the breasts ...L17 Brit. sl.
• GUDDLE to do sexual foreplay; to feel a woman; to rudely grasp a woman's private parts or the breasts ...E19 Brit. sl.
• MUMMICK to handle or feel an object or person ...L19 US sl.
• PALP * to touch, to feel; to handle gently, to pat ...1534
• PALPABRIZE † to feel, to touch, to handle ...1593
• THINK † to feel, to experience ...1796 Sc..
• YFELE † to feel ...c893
 
FEELING (touching) - adjectives
• PALPATORY * touching, feeling with the hand ...1876
feeling (touching) - nouns 
• PALMATION † the act of touching or feeling with the palm of the hand ...1688

FEELING(S) - adjectives
• ASPECTABUND †* expressive in face; exhibiting one's feelings through the eyes or face ...1708
• FULL-HEARTED full of feeling, emotional
• INNERLY-HEARTED of a feeling disposition ...1824 Sc.
• QUICK of feelings: lively, vivid, keen, strongly felt ...c1449
• SUBTILE of feeling, sense: acute, keen ...1610
• TICKLE † easily moved to feeling or action; easily affected in some way ...1377
feeling(s) - nouns
• ACT a display of pretended feeling; an affected pretense
• AFFECT † feeling, desire, or appetite, as opposed to reason; passion, lust, evil-desire ...1531
• FAREING appearance; feeling; generally used in plural ...1864 Eng. dial.
• FARING appearance; feeling; generally used in plural ...1864 Eng. dial.
• GUT a gut feeling ...2000s US sl.
• GUTS the source of true feelings ...L19 sl.
• HEART OF HEARTS one's most inmost heart of feelings ...1602
• HEART-ROOT † the depth or bottom of the heart; the seat of the deepest emotion or most genuine feelings ...c1200
• HEART-ROOTS † the depth or bottom of the heart; the seat of the deepest emotion or most genuine feelings ...c1200
• HEART-STRINGS the most intense feelings or emotions; the deepest affections; the heart ...1596
• NATURALITY natural feeling ...1822 Sc.
• NATURALTY natural feeling ...1822 Sc.
• OMNISENTIENCE universal feeling or sensation ...1851
• SCAM † a hurt to one's feelings, a wound, a harm, cause of suffering ...1875 Sc.
• TEBBITS physical sensation, feelings; energy, strength ...1808 Sc.
• TIBBITS physical sensation, feelings; energy, strength ...1808 Sc.
• VIBE feelings, intuitions ...1960s sl.
• VIBES feelings, intuitions ...1960s sl.
feeling(s) - person
• HEART-SEARCHER * a rigorous examiner of another's feelings or conscience; later, one who rigorously examines his or her own feelings or conscience ...1618
• HEDGEHOG † a person who disregards the feelings of others ...L16
feeling(s) - verbs 
• ABALIENATE † to remove; to estrange in feeling ...1554
• COME APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings ...1930s sl.
• CUT TO THE HEART to distress greatly; to deeply wound the feelings of ...1582
• CUT UP to distress greatly; to wound deeply the feelings of ...1843
• FALL APART to collapse emotionally; to lose control of one's feelings; to lose one's usual poise and confidence ...1930s sl.
• HEART-STRIKE * to affect intensely; to make a deep impression upon the feelings of ...a1637
• IMPORT † to influence in feeling; to 'carry away', to 'transport' ...1652
• KEEL to grow cold in feeling, etc.; to become less violent, fervid, or ardent; to 'cool down'; to diminish in intensity ...c1325
• MITHE † to remain concealed; to escape notice; to avoid; to hide one's thoughts or feelings ...a900
• PLAY THE HEDGEHOG to go through the world careless of other people's feelings ...1859
 
FEET - see FOOT
 
FEIGN - adjectives
• GAMMONING † counterfeit, false, pretended, feign ...1802 UK sl.
feign - person
• FAKER a person who feigns illness, injury, or disability; a malingerer ...1910 colloq.
• SIMULER † a simulator, a feigner ...1534
feign - verbs 
• ACT POSSUM † to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead ...1844 US sl.
• CHUCK A DUMMY to be absent; to feign a fainting fit to get out of duty or get sympathy ...Amer. World War I sl.
• COME THE POSSUM OVER A PERSON † to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead ...1844 US sl.
• FAKE 1. to feign illness, injury, or disability; to malinger ...1881 Amer. sl.
2. to feign or simulate; to pretend ...1889 sl.
• FAKE IT to feign or simulate; to pretend ...1889 sl.
• GAMMON to feign, to pretend ...1812
• MAKE to act, to pretend, to feign ...1848 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• MAKE WISE to pretend, to feign, to make believe ...1867 Eng. dial.
• PAINT † to talk speciously; to feign; to fawn; to flatter or deceive with specious words ...c1430
• PLAY POSSUM to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead ...1844 US sl.
• POSSUM IT * to feign or simulate sleep, etc. ...1850 US colloq.
• SIMULE †* to simulate or feign ...c1480
• TAKE † to affect, to feign, to pretend, to make believe to do something ...1571
• TAKE ON to assume; to feign, to pretend; to act as a hypocrite ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WORK ONE'S TICKET to get out of a chore by feigning illness or injury ...Brit. sl., orig. army usage
 
FEIGNED - adjectives
• AFFECTATIOUS †* of the nature of affectation; pretentious, fake, sham, feigned ...1687
• FAINT † feigned, pretended, simulated ...a1300
• GAMMONING pretended, feigned ...1812 sl.
feigned - adverbs 
• FAINTLY † feignedly, by way of feint or pretense, deceitfully ...c1330
 
FEINT - nouns
• FAKE-OUT a feint or bluff; deception; broadly, an unpleasant surprise ...1959 Amer. sl.
• OFF-PUT a delay; postponement; a pretense for delay, an evasion; a feint ...1730 Sc. & Eng. dial.
feint - verbs 
• FAKE OUT to fool an opponent with a feint; hence, generally, to bluff, to fool; to get the better of; to dupe, to deceive ...1949 Amer. sl., orig. football & basketball usage

FEISTY - adjectives
• CRUSTY feisty; gruff ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
FELICITY - nouns
• HEAVEN a state of bliss or supreme felicity ...c1374
• PARADISE a state of supreme bliss or felicity ...c1386
 
FELL - verbs
• YAVAL to lay low, to knock down, to fell, to flatten to the ground ...1825 Sc.
• YFELL † to strike down, to fell ...c893
• YOLL to lay low, to knock down, to fell, to flatten to the ground ...1825 Sc.
 
FELLOW - see MAN, PERSON
 
FELON - person (also see CRIMINAL)
• MAGGOT a felon or habitual criminal ...1985 Amer. police sl.

FELONIOUS - adjectives
• BIG-TIME felonious ...Bk2006 US criminals' sl.

FELONY - nouns
• F a felony ...1990s US Black sl.
 
FELT - adjectives
• PALPABLE that can be touched, felt, or handled; apprehensible by the sense of touch; tangible, sensible ...c1384
• PALPED † felt; apprehended by the touch ...1609
 
FEMALE - adjectives
• FEMINATE †* resembling a woman, effeminate; female, feminine ...a1533
 
FEMININE - adjectives
• FEMINATE †* resembling a woman, effeminate; female, feminine ...a1533
• FEMINILE † peculiar to a woman; feminine ...1650
• MASCULO-FEMININE partly masculine and partly feminine ...1646
feminine - nouns 
• JANE the embodiment of one's feminine side ...1950s homosexual sl.
feminine - person 
• FAIZART a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• FESART a puny man of feminine appearance; a shameless person ...Bk1900 Sc.
• GAL-BOY a feminine young man; hence an effeminate (young) homosexual; a prison catamite ...L19 sl.
 
FEMINISM, FEMINIST - person
• AUNT THOMASINA a woman who does not support feminism ...1970 US sl.
• AUNT TOM a woman who does not support the roles of feminism ...1968 US sl.
• HEDGEHOG a radical feminist ...Bk1998 NZ sl.
• HE-MALE a masculine woman, probably a feminist ...1911 Aust. sl.
• WOMANIST a Black feminist ...Bk2000 US Black sl.

FEMINIZE - verbs
• LADY †* to feminize ...1656

FEN - adjectives
• MEREY full of fens or small sheets of water ...1868 Eng. dial.
• PALUDAL pert. to a marsh or fen; produced by or arising from a marsh ...1818-20 chiefly medical usage
fen - nouns 
• CARR a pond or pool; a bog or fen; wet boggy ground ...c1330 Eng. dial
• PALUDE †* a marsh, a fen ...1412-20
• PALUS †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
• PALUSCHE †* a marsh, a fen; an abyss ...1471
 
FENCE - adjectives
• RICK-RACK of fence: laid out in a zigzag pattern ...1968 Amer. dial.
fence - nouns 
• BACKBONE FENCE a stake-and-rail fence ...1939 Amer. dial.
• BALANCE WALL a stone wall or fence ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BALANCED WALL a stone wall or fence ...1931 Amer. dial.
• BLIND FENCE a high fence which provides privacy ...1967 Amer. dial.
• BRER RABBIT FENCE a fence made of split logs ...1968 Amer. dial.
• DEVALL a sunk fence ...B1900 Sc.
• DIKE a hedge, a fence ...1808 Eng. dial.
• GALLOPING FENCE a fence of rails set in the ground at about 45 degrees, crossing each other at the opposite end; such fences were formerly used on steep hills ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• GARTH †* a fence or hedge ...a1340
• HAG(G) a hedge or fence ...1879 Eng. dial.
• HAW † a hedge or encompassing fence; hence, a piece of ground enclosed or fenced in ...c825
• HAY a hedge, a fence ...c725 arch. or Eng. dial.
• HAYMENT † a fence or boundary ...1770 Eng. dial.
• HEYMENT † a fence or boundary ...1770 Eng. dial.
• LONGERS fence-rails ...20C Can. sl.
• PALE an area enclosed by a fence; an enclosed place; an enclosure ...c1400
• PALIS † 1. a fence of pales, a palisade, paling ...a1300
† 2. a place enclosed by a palisade or fence; an enclosure ...c1420
• PALISADE a fence made of pales or stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense; also, a fence made of iron railings ...1600
• PALISADO † a fence made of pales or stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense; also, a fence made of iron railings ...1589
• PANE † a section or length of a wall or fence ...c1380
• RANGES † a fence, an enclosure ...1537
• RICKET FENCE a fence made of split logs ...1969 Amer. dial.
• RICKLE a low stone fence built before a drain ...Bk1904 Sc.
• SINGLE-SKINNER a single fence ...2002 UK sl.
• WALL OF TIMBER † a wooden partition; a fence ...1463
fence - person
• PALISER † a maker of palings or fences ...1442
fence - verbs 
• BAR † to surround with a barrier or fence ...c1430
• GARTH †* to enclose with a fence ...1483
• PALE * to enclose with pales or a fence; to furnish with a fence ...c1330
• PALIS † to surround or enclose with a palisade; to fence in ...c1330
• PALISADE to furnish, surround, enclose, or fortify with a palisade; to fence in ...1632
• PALISADO † to furnish, surround, enclose, or fortify with a palisade; to fence in ...1607
• TINE † to enclose with a hedge or fence; to fence, to hedge in ...688-95
 
FENCING - nouns  
• POKER in fencing: any weapon with a stiff, heavy blade ...1988 UK sl.
• SKIRMERY †* skirmishing, fighting, fencing ...c1450
• VENUE † a thrust or hit in fencing; a stroke or wound with a weapon ...1591
• VENY † a hit or thrust in fencing; a wound or blow ...1578 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
fencing - person 
• BACK-SWORD a fencer with back-sword ( a sword with only one cutting edge) or single-stick ...1656
• BACK-SWORDMAN a fencer with back-sword ( a sword with only one cutting edge) or single-stick ...1597
• BACK-SWORDSMAN a fencer with the single-stick or back-sword ...Bk1909
• GLADIATOR † a professional swordsman or fencer ...1621
• HEARTIST †* a fencer who can pierce or strike the heart ...a1640
• SA SA † a nickname for a fencing master ...1697
• SA-SA MAN † a nickname for a fencing master ...1697
• TEACHER OF FENCE a fencing master ...1535
• WARDER † in fencing: one who parries, a fencer ...1599
fencing - verbs
• SKIRM † to fence, to skirmish ...c1205
• SKIRMISH † to fence; to make flourishes with a weapon ...1387
 
FEND OFF - verbs
• FORFEND to avert, to keep away or off, to fend off, to prevent ...1382 arch.
• SKONCE AWAY † to ward or fend off ...a1779 Sc.
 
FERN - nouns
• MONKEY MEAT the small white edible pods or nuts at the base of the fiddlehead fern ...1999 Nova Scotia usage
fern - verbs
• VEERDONS ferns ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
FEROCIOUS - adjectives
• EFFEROUS †* extremely wild, fierce, or savage; cruel, ferocious, violent ...1614
• FAROUCHIE † savage, cruel, ferocious ...1825 Sc.
• FEROCIENT † ferocious, fierce, savage ...1654
• SAVAGE AS A MEAT AXE very angry, and violent, exceedingly savage, ferocious  ...1834 Amer. dial.
ferocious - person
• HE-SHARK a ferocious man ...1846 US sl.
• MAN-EATER a person who is ferocious, predatory, or the like ...1884 Amer. sl.
• MAN-TIGER a man resembling a tiger in ferocity ...a1652 nonce word
 
FEROCIOUSLY - adverbs
• MANKINDLY † cruelly, ferociously ...1606
 
FEROCITY - nouns
• ACHARNEMENT eagerness for blood, bloodthirsty fury, ferocity ...1816
• FERITY the quality of being wild or savage; brutishness; wildness; fierceness; ferocity; barbarous or savage cruelty; of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition ...c1534
• TIGERNESS † ferocity ...1535
 
FERRET - nouns
• BUCK the male of the ferret ...1904
• MONK a ferret ...Bk1942 Amer. circus sl.
• RICK the noise made by a polecat or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
ferret - verbs
• RICK to utter the noise made by a guinea-fowl, polecat, or ferret, or by a pheasant when roosting ...Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
FERRIS WHEEL - nouns
• FERRY WHEEL a Ferris wheel ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
FERRY - nouns
• BARGE † a rowing-boat; a ferry-boat ...1470-85
• FARE †* a ferry ...1762
• GRIND a ferry ...L19 Cambridge University sl.
 
FERTILE - adjectives
• FECUND capable of producing offspring or vegetable growth abundantly; prolific, fertile ...c1420
• GROWTHSOME † productive, fertile ...1610
• UBEROUS † of places: richly productive; fertile ...a1626
fertile - verbs 
• BATTLE † to become fertile and fruitful ...1576
 
FERTILITY - nouns
• FECUNDITY of the earth: the quality of producing abundantly; fertility ...c1420
• FECUNDNESS the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility ...1727
 
FERTILIZATION - nouns
• FECUNDATION fertilization; impregnation ...1541
 
FERTILIZE - verbs
• HEARTEN † to fertilize with manure ...1594
 
FERTILIZER - nouns
• TURKEY-TURD BEER a fertilizing mixture made of manure and water ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
FERVENCY - nouns
• CANDENCY †* warmth, fervency ...1723
 
FERVENT - adjectives
• CANDENT * fervent, impassioned ...1723
• WARM-BLOODED ardent, fervent, passionate ...1831
 
FERVID - adjectives
• GUNG-HO very zealous; totally committed; dedicated; spirited; enthusiastic; wholeheartedly fervid about doing something...1942 US sl., orig. US Marine Corps usage
 
FERVOUR - nouns
• ARDURE † heat of passion or desire, vehemence, ardent desire; warmth of emotion, zeal, fervour, eagerness, enthusiasm ...01386

FESTER - nouns
• DEG(G) of a sore: to run, to ooze; to fester ...1859 Eng. dial.  
• RANGLE a wound, fester; a wearisome, rankling pain ...B1900 Eng. dial.
fester - verbs 
• BEAL † to suppurate, to fester; to cause to swell; to raise the flesh in blisters ...1611 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
• BEIL to fester ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CANKER to fester ...1879 Eng. dial.
• ETTER to fester, to emit purulent matter ...Bk1900 Sc.
 
FESTERED - adjectives
• AMPERED poisoned, festered; decayed ...1885 Eng. dial.
• BEALED festered; infected; abscessed ...1790 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• CANKERED of a wound or sore: inflamed, festered; of the teeth: decayed ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
FESTERING - adjectives
• ETTERING festering ...1822 Sc.
• RANCOROUS † of a wound or sore: festering, inflamed, full of corruption, suppurating ...1660
• RANK corrupt, foul; festering ...1579
festering - nouns
• GAGGER a large, festering sore ...1866 Sc.
• RANCOURING † suppuration, festering ...1567
• RANKLE †* a festering sore ...c1380
 
FESTIVAL, FESTIVITY - adjectives
• LUSTY of singing, music, festivities: merry, cheerful ...1430-40 arch.
festival, festivity - nouns
• BEANO a festive entertainment frequently terminating in a noisy frolic or spree; a large meal ...1888 sl.
• BLOW-OUT a great display; a festive occasion; a drinking bout ...1821 sl.
• BOTTLING a festivity; a gathering of friends invited to a wedding ...Bk1911 Sc.
• DAN LENO a festive event; a jollification, esp. a coach trip to the seaside ...1992 UK rhyming sl. for 'beano'
• FEAST † rejoicing, festivity ...c1300
• FEST an informal meeting or celebration; a festival; usually used in combinations, as talkfest ...1910 Amer. dial.
• GAUD † a festivity, rejoicing ...1571
• GAUDY † rejoicing, joy; a festival, merry-making ...1535
• GAUDY-DAY a day of rejoicing, a festival or gala day ...1567
• GAWD † a festivity, rejoicing ...1571
• GAWDY-DAY a day of rejoicing, a festival or gala day ...1567
• JAUL, JAWL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• JOL a party; a festival or other social occasion ...1970s S. Afr.
• LET-OFF a display of festivity, a festive gathering ...1827
• MAIN-BREW a festivity; jollification ...1859 Eng. dial.
• MANGERY † a banquet; a ceremonial feast; a series of festivities ...a1300
• MARDLE a festive meeting; a drinking bout ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLD DAY the day after a festivity when no work is done ...Bk1905 Sc.
• REVEL-ROUT † uproarious revelry; boisterous merriment; tumultuous festivity; an occasion of revelling, a revel; a rough, noisy, and indecent gathering or carouse ...a1553 arch. or obs.
• ROOTY-TOOTY a fête, a festivity ...1887 Eng. dial.
• TIDE an annual feast or festivity; a fair ...1865 Eng. dial.
• WAKE † the vigil or eve of a festival, and the observances belonging to this ...a1500 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
FESTIVE - adjectives
• CELEBRIOUS † of a ceremony, festival, etc.: attended or observed by throngs; festive ...1555
• FEASTLY †* festive, fond of feasting, jolly ...c1385
• FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful ...1654
• GAUDIOUS † festive, joyful ...1570
 
FETCH - verbs
• FANG † to reach; to fetch ...c1730 Eng. dial.
• FETCH A LACE OF ANYTHING to go for and bring back any article ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• LAIT to look for, to seek, to search for; to seek and bring with one, to fetch ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SHAG to chase, to fetch; to retrieve stray balls; to run an errand ...1910 Amer. dial.
 
FETCHED - adjectives
• YFET † brought, carried, fetched; acquired ...c893
 
FETID - adjectives
• FECULENT of the nature of faeces or dregs; abounding with sediment or impurities; laden or polluted with filth; foul, fetid ...1471
• OLD musty, rotten; fetid ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• OLID having a strong disagreeable smell; fetid, rank ...1680
• OLIDOUS †* having a strong, disagreeable smell; fetid, rank, stinking ...1646
• OONGIE close and fetid ...1929 Sc.
 
FETTER - nouns  (also see HANDCUFF)
• ABBEY CLOGS chains or fetters worn by a criminal ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
• BAND anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle ...c1200 arch.
• BASIL † an 'iron' or fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner ...1592
• BEND † a band, bond, or fetter ...c890
• BRACELETS wrist fetters ...17C sl.
• CLINKERS chains and fetters worn by imprisoned felons ...L17 sl.
• CUFFS wrist fetters ...17C sl.
• DARBIES a set of handcuffs or fetters; shackles ...1665 UK sl.. orig. criminals' usage
• DARBIES AND JOANS fetters coupling two persons ...c1735 sl.
• DARBY AND JOAN fetters coupling two persons ...Bk1896 sl.
• FETTLE a fetter ...1932 Amer. dial.
• GARNISH fetters ...1755 prison sl.
• GARTERS fetters, irons ...1769 nautical sl.
• GYVE a shackle, esp. for the leg; a fetter ...c1275 arch.
• IRONS fetters ...1888 sl.
• KING'S PLATE chains, fetters ...E19 sl.
• RACKAN † a chain, a fetter ...c888
• RACKLEBAN † a fetter ...1893 Sc.
• SAUSAGES fetters ...M19 sl.
• SLANGS fetters; leg-irons ...c1810 cant
fetter - verbs
• BEND † to put in bonds, to fetter ...1036
• FASTEN † to make fast in fetters; to set fast, to render unable to move ...a1000
• GARNISH to fit with fetters ...1755 sl.
• GARTER to fetter ...1604
• GYVE to fetter, to shackle ...c1290
• HAMSHACKLE to fetter, to curb, to restrain ...1802
• ILLIGATE †* to bind or fetter; to bind with a spell ...1658
• IMMANACLE * to put manacles on; to handcuff; to fetter ...1634
 
FEVER - adjectives
• ARRESTED BY THE BAILIFF OF MARSHAM stricken with the fever (see noun) ...17C  sl.
• FEBRICITANT * affected with fever, feverish ...1599
• FEBRICOSE feverish ...1879
• FEBRICULOSE having a slight fever ...1727
• FEBRICULOUS †* slightly feverish ...1656
• FEBRIENT †* feverish, sickening of a fever ...1651
• FEBRIFIC feverish ...1749
• FEBRILE pert. to fever, feverish ...1666
• FEBRILOUS †* pert. to fever; feverish ...1651
• PUKKA † of a fever: severe, malignant ...M18
fever - nouns 
• BAILIFF OF MARSHAM the ague or malarial fever ...17C sl.
• BUCKAGERS severe chills and fever ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BUCK-AGGERS severe chills and fever ...1906 Amer. dial.
• BUCKS severe chills with fever ...1906 Amer. dial.
• FALL FEVER typhoid fever; any remittent fever ...1774
• FEBRICITATION †* the state of being in a fever, feverishness ...1584
• FEBRICITY the state of having a fever or being feverish ...1873
• FEBRICULOSITY * feverishness ...1727
• FEBRILITY feverishness ...1873
• FEBRIS † a fever ...1483
• HARM any contagious or epidemic disease, not distinguished by a specific name; a fever ...1825 Eng. dial.
fever - person
• FEBRICITANT † one who is affected with fever ...1541
fever - verbs 
• FEBRICITATE † to be ill of a fever ...1656
 
FEW - adjectives
• NOT ENOUGH TO DUST A FIDDLE very few, not much ...1907 Amer. dial.
• THIN few, scarce ...1853 Sc.
few - nouns 
• DEVIL A MANY not many, a few ...1891 Sc.
• PUCKLE a small quantity of anything; an indefinite amount, a few ...B1900 Sc.
• QUAW-THREE one or two; a few ...1844 Sc.
 
FEWNESS - nouns
• RARENESS †* thinness; fewness, scantiness ...1588
 
FIANCE(E) - person
• ACQUAINTANCE a sweetheart; a lover; a fiancée ...Bk1879 Eng. dial. 
• FINANCE a fiance, esp. if rich ....c1905 sl.
• GIRLFRIEND a female with whom a person has a romantic or sexual relationship; a female partner or lover; a female sweetheart; a fiancée ...1892
• GUY a woman's boyfriend, fiancé, husband, lover etc. ...1940s Amer. sl.
• O.A.O. one's sweetheart or fiancée (One And Only) ...1928 students' sl.
• PASH a fiancée, the woman you enjoy more than a casual relationship with; the primary girlfriend ...1960 US sl.
• YINK a lover, a sweetheart; one who is engaged to another, a fiancé ...Bk1866 Sc.
• YOUNG LADY a female lover or sweetheart; a girlfriend; a (young) wife or fiancée ...1584
• YOUNG MAN a lover, a male sweetheart; a boyfriend, a fiancé ...1589
• YOUNG WOMAN a female lover or sweetheart; a girlfriend; a fiancée ...1822
 
FIASCO - nouns
• ABORTION a hateful or ludicrous undertaking or enterprise; fiasco ...1949 Amer. sl.
• BALLS-UP a real mix-up; a mess, muddle; a chaotic state of affairs; a fiasco, a disaster ...1929 sl.
• DAMP SQUIB something that fails to come to a conclusion; a fiasco; a failure; a dud ...1845 Amer. sl.
• DEAD FROST a fiasco, a complete failure ...c1875 theatrical sl.
• FIZZER a disappointing failure, a fiasco ...1957 Aust. sl.
• FIZZLE a failure or fiasco; a failure in recitation or examination ...1846
• FLUKE a fiasco; a failure ...US Civil War usage
fiasco - verbs
• FIZZLE to fail, to make a fiasco, to come a lame conclusion ...1847 US colloq.
• FIZZLE OUT to fail, to make a fiasco, to come a lame conclusion ... a1848 US colloq.

FIB - see LIE
 
FICKLE - adjectives
• BINGLE-BANGLE fickle, vacillating, irresolute ...1825 Eng. dial.
• BRICKLE changeable, uncertain; fickle, not trustworthy  ...1872 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• FANCICAL fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1671 rare exc. Eng. dial.
• FANCICLE fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• FANSICLE fanciful, faddy, capricious, fickle ...1895 Eng. dial.
• GIDDISH †* giddy, fickle, foolish ...1566
• HEBDOMADAL changing every week; fickle, changeable ...1796
• KITTLE difficult to deal with, esp. because touchy, obstinate, or intractable; fickle, capricious ...Sc.
• MOONISH † influenced by the moon; acting as if under the moon's influence;  changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable ...c1407 obs. or arch.
• SHITTLE-WITTED † fickle, flighty, unstable, unsteady ...1448
• SKITTISH fickle, inconstant, changeable; tricky, difficult to deal with or manage ...1601
• TICKLISH unstable, unsteady, unsettled, uncertain, fickle ...1606
• VARIANT * of persons: changeful in disposition or purpose; inconstant, fickle ...c1386
• VARIOUS † of persons: changeable in character; inconstant, unstable; fickle ...1636
• VERSATILE * of persons: fickle, inconstant ...1682
• VOLAGE giddy, foolish; fickle, inconstant, inconsiderate ...a1366
• WEATHERCOCKY fickle, changeable, inconstant ...1886
• WHIFFLE-MINDED fickle; vacillating, undecided ...1844 Amer. dial.
fickle - person
• CHANGING-PIECE † a term of contempt for one who is fickle or changeable ...17C
• GILLIAN-FLIRT a fickle, flirtatious, or sexually promiscuous woman or girl ...1593
• GILLIE, GILLY † a fickle, giddy, flirtatious, loose, or wanton young woman ...a1529 obs. exc. Sc.
• GIPSIE, GIPSY, GYPSY a term of contempt for a woman, as being cunning, deceitful, fickle, or the like; in more recent use merely playful, and applied esp. to a brunette; a thoughtless, giddy girl; sometimes used playfully as a term of endearment ...1632
• HORSEFLY one who is fickle with women ...Bk1947 US Army sl.
• MOONCALF † a fickle, unstable person ...1607

FICKLENESS - nouns
• FEATHERINESS lightness, fickleness, capriciousness ...1689
• VARIETY † tendency to change; fickleness; change of purpose or plans ...a1548
 
FICTION - nouns
• CARAWIMPLE † a mere fiction; a dream ...1672
• PULP FICTION fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp ...1950 Amer.
• TALE OF A ROASTED HORSE, A an invented story, an idle tale, a fiction, a falsehood...1570
 
FICTITIOUS - adjectives
• APOCRYPHATE † of spurious creation or character; of doubtful authenticity; fictitious, false ...1486
• APOCRYPHICAL †* of doubtful authorship or authenticity; spurious, fictitious, false ...1719
 
FICTITIOUSNESS - nouns
• FABULOSITY of a composition or narrative: fabulous or mythical character; fictitiousness ...1603
• IDOL † a fictitious personation; a counterfeit, sham; a pretender ...1590
 
FIDDLE - adjectives
• THARM-INSPIRING † inspiring by music played on a fiddle ...1787 Sc.
fiddle - nouns 
• BOSH a fiddle ...1859 sl.
• BOX a fiddle ...1845 Amer. sl.
• DEVIL'S MUSIC BOX the fiddle ...1949 Amer. dial.
• EAR a tuning peg, as on a fiddle or guitar ...c1938 US Black sl.
• FIDDLE-BOX a fiddle, a violin ...1928 Amer. dial.
• MAWSIE a poor-sounding fiddle ...1790 Sc.
• SCRAPER the bow of a fiddle; a fiddlestick ...1843 Eng. dial.
• THARM catgut; a fiddle-string ...1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
fiddle - verbs 
• DIDDLE to jog up and down, to make short motions and turns as in fiddling ...1864 Sc.
• FAKE A BOSH to play the fiddle ...Bk1890 sl.
• PLAY SCARTLE of an unskilful fiddler: to make a scraping sound ...1823 Sc.
• SCREED † to cry, to scream; to produce any sharp sound; to move up and down so as to produce a sound, as a fiddle-bow over the strings ...1706 Sc.
• TICKLE THE MINIKIN to play the lute or fiddle ...17C sl.
 
FIDDLER - person
• BAND-SCRAPER a fiddler ...1894 Eng. dial.
• BANT-SCRAPER a fiddler ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• BOSH-FAKER one who plays a fiddle ...1859 sl.
• BOSHMAN one who plays a fiddle ...1865 sl.
• BOW a fiddler ...Bk1911 Sc.
• BOW-HAN' a fiddler; a fiddler's right hand ...Bk1911 Sc.
• CATGUT-SCRAPER a fiddler ...18C jocular colloq.
• GIGOUR † a musician; a fiddler ...a1300
• GUT-SCRAPER a fiddler; a violinist ...a1720 sl.
• GUT-VEXER a fiddler ...17C colloq.
• SCRAPER a term of contempt for a fiddler ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• SCRAPPER a term of contempt for a fiddler ...1821 Sc.
• TEASER OF THE CATGUT a fiddler ...Bk1891 sl.
• VIOLER a player of the viol; a fiddler ...1808 Sc.
 
FIDDLESTICK - nouns
• JIGGER a fiddlestick ...Bk1896 sl.
 
FIDDLING - adjectives
• DIDDLING fiddling ...1808 Eng. dial.
fiddling - nouns 
• DIDDLING fiddling ...1868 Eng. dial.
 
FIDELITY - nouns
• BED-VOW † promise of fidelity to the marriage-bed ...1600
• FASTNESS † fidelity, loyalty, firm adherence ...c1577
• FAY † fidelity ...c1300 obs. or arch.
• GANDER MONTH the month immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a husband temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity ...1636
• GANDER-MOON the period immediately following childbirth, during which time it was considered acceptable for a man temporarily to abandon his domestic fidelity ...L18 sl.
 
FIDGET, FIDGETING, FIDGETY - adjectives
• AT NESTLE restless, fidgety, in a state of excitement or uneasiness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• CADDLING fussy, fidgety, pottering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
• FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims ...Bk1900 Eng. dial.
• FANTOD fidgety, restless ...1887
• FIDGERTY fidgety ...1954 Amer. dial.
• FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky ...1807 Sc.
• FRITCHETY fretful, peevish, fidgety ...19C Eng. dial.
• ITEMING fidgeting, trifling ...1867 Eng. dial.
• ITEMY trifling; tricky, fidgety ...1889 Eng. dial.
• JAFFLING fidgety ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
• MAZED fidgety, uneasy, over-anxious; fretful ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MESSY fidgeting, irritating, finicking ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NADING fidgeting ...1870 Eng. dial.
• NESTLY fidgety, restless ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• ON NETTLES fidgety, uneasy, excited; in a restless, impatient condition; anxious, in suspense ...1892
• ON THE NESTLE restless, fidgety, in a state of excitement or uneasiness ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PAMPLING fidgety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• TADIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TAGEOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TEDDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TEDIOUS peevish, fretful, fractious, irritable, difficult to please; fidgety, restless ...1892 Eng. dial.
• TID lively, sprightly, frolicsome; skittish, restless, fidgety ...1825 Eng. dial.
• WADGETTY fidgety, nervous ...1914 Amer. dial.
fidget, fidgeting, fidgety - nouns
• BUDGE a fit of nervousness, the fidgets ...1824 Amer. dial.
• BUMFIDGETS an aggravated state of nervousness; the fidgets ...1950 Amer. dial.
• FANTODS a feeling of fidgety uneasiness; fidgets; restlessness; a state of anxiety or excitement ...1876 Amer. dial.
• ITEMS fidgets, antics ...1867 Eng. dial.
• JIFFLE a fidget; a shuffling movement ...B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• JIM-JAMS a creepy feeling; the fidgets; a fit of depression; a state of nervousness or unease ...1896 colloq.
• JIMMIES, THE the fidgets, jitteriness; a fit of depression ...1928 colloq.
• MIDGETTY-MORROWS the fidgets ...B1900 Eng. dial.
fidget, fidgeting, fidgety - person
• BREFFITS a fidgety, restless person; a term applied to a child when in a state of breathless anxiety ...1861 Eng. dial.
• BUMFIDDLER a busybody; a fidgety person ...1611
• FUSSBUDGET a fussy, fidgety, nervous, or meddlesome person ...1904 colloq.
• FUSS-FART a fussy, fidgety, nervous or meddlesome person ...1918 US sl.
• FUSS-POT a fussy, fidgety, nervous or meddlesome person ...1921 colloq.
• GOOGEEN a fidgety, capricious person; generally used of a woman ...20C Irish sl.
• MAGGOT a fidgety, restless child ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• MONKEY ON A STICK a thin man with jerky movements; a fidgety, restless, or agitated person ...c1880 colloq. 
• NE'ER-REST a restless, fidgety person ...1872 Sc. 
• REUL an unruly person or animal; a rude, unmannerly clown, a romp, a fidget ...1897 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TAWPIE a fidgety person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• WORRIT a worrying, over-anxious person; a querulous person; one who teases or pesters; a fidget ...1848 Eng. dial.
• WRINGLE-GUT a restless, fretful person; a nervous, fidgety man ...1777 Eng. dial.
fidget, fidgeting, fidgety - verbs
• ARSLE to move when in a sitting posture; hence, to shuffle, to sit unquietly, to fidget ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• ASSLE AROUND to fidget; to trifle ...1920 Amer. sl.
• FEAK to flutter, to be officiously busy about trifles, to be idle, to fidget; to be uneasy or anxious ...1775 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• FIDGE to act in a nervous manner; to fidget ...1916 Amer. dial.
• FIGGLE † to fidget about, to wriggle ...a1652 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• FIRTLE to trifle, to dawdle, to appear busy and do little; to fidget, to move about distractedly ...1881 Eng. dial.
• FRAB to harass, worry, fret, fidget; to irritate, excite ...1848 Eng. dial.
• FRICKLE to fidget, to worry about a thing ...19C Eng. dial.
• FUSSOCK with about: to make a fuss, to bustle about quickly; to fidget, to irritate ...1892 Eng. dial.
• HAVE SNAKES IN ONE'S BOOTS to be fidgety or uneasy; to have delirium tremens ...1876 Amer. sl.
• JIFFLE † to fidget; to be restless; to shuffle ...1674 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
• NANNICK to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one's time; to fidget ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NANNOCK to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one's time; to fidget ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• NESTLE † to be uneasy or restless; to fidget; to move or bustle about; to trifle ...a1700 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• NIBBLE to fidget or play with, to fiddle with the fingers ...1829 Sc. 
• NONNOCK, NONNUCK to play the fool; to play when one should be working; to idle away one's time; to fidget ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PATTER to fidget; to shuffle about on the feet uneasily ...Bk1903 Eng. dial.  
• PATTER-PATTER to walk in and in out constantly; to fidget about ...1825 Sc.  
• QUIDDLE to trifle, to waste time; to be anxious about trifles; to fuss about, to fidget ...1832 now chiefly Eng. & Amer. dial.
• QUILT to be very fidgety ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• SAINT VITUS DANCE to move in a fidgety, jerking manner ...1621 UK
• SCHROOCH AROUND to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCHUSSEL to fidget; to be restless ...1996 Amer. dial.
• SCROOCH AROUND to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• SCROOTCH to wiggle, to fidget, to squirm ...1939 Amer. dial.
• TARTAR to move about restlessly and noisily; to blunder about; to toss, to fidget, to wriggle ...1928 Sc.
• TEW to toss, to shake about; to be restless or constantly moving; to fidget ...1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• TIDDLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss ...1747 obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• TITTLE † to potter; to trifle; to fidget, to fuss ...17C obs. exc. Eng. dial. or sl.
• VOCATE † to fidget about ...1863 Eng. dial.