| 单词 | fiddle-faddling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfiddle-faddling fiddle-faddling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > brisk or active > bustling or fussing > about trifles busy-idle1611 nugiperous1647 fidgeting1672 niffy-naffy1765 fingering1799 fussing1826 fussy1831 fiddle-faddling1834 spoffish1836 spoffy1860 fustling1867 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > bustling or fussing > about trifles fikery1823 fiddle-faddling1834 bettying1851 fussiness1851 fikiness1889 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. Pref. p. ix But lest I should chance to be considered here one of the tribe of that fiddle-fadling, dull old prosing pedant. 1850 A. H. Clough Corr. 19 June (1957) I. 284 Whatsoever your hand findeth to do, do it without fiddle faddling. 1861 M. E. Braddon Lady Lisle (1885) 36 I don't want him to be a fiddle-faddling girl. 1882 Society 14 Oct. 11/2 The mistaken notion..that detail is a substitute for spirit and fiddle-faddling for acting. < as lemmas |
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