fidgetinessn.
/ˈfɪdʒᵻtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɪdʒᵻdinᵻs/ The state or quality of being fidgety; nervous restlessness, uneasiness.
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the world > movement > restlessness > [noun] > restless movement
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the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > state of nervous restlessness
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1792 B. Franklin in Amer. Museum Feb. 69 This figettiness (to use a vulgar expression for want of a better) is occasioned wholly by an uneasiness in the skin.
1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) viii. 112 A nurse will be careful to fidgetiness about airing the clean sheets.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. II. xii. 220 That's some of uncle's fidgetiness.
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