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語源 1

From 中期英語 fiken (“to feign, dissemble, flatter”), from 古期英語 fician (“to wheedle, flatter”) (also found in compound befician (“to deceive”)), from Proto-West Germanic *fikōn, from Proto-Germanic *fikōną (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (“ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad”). Related to 古期英語 ġefic (“fraud, deceit, deception”), 古期英語 fācen (“deceit, fraud, treachery, sin, evil, crime, blemish, fault”), Middle High German veichen (“dissembling, deceit, fraud”), Latin piget (“it irks, it annoys”).

動詞

fike (third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To feign; dissemble; flatter.

語源 2

From 中期英語 fiken, fyken (“to fidget, move about restlessly, hasten away”), from Old Norse fíkjast (“to be eager or restless”), from fíka (“to climb, move”). Cognate with Scots fyke (“to move about restlessly, fidget, itch”), Norwegian fika (“to strive, take trouble”), Icelandic fikinn (“eager, greedy”). Related to fig and fidget.

別の表記

• fick
• fyke (Scotland)

動詞

fike (third-person singular simple present fikes, present participle fiking, simple past and past participle fiked)

1. (intransitive) To move about in a quick, uneasy way; be constantly in motion.
2. (transitive) To give trouble to; vex; perplex.

名詞

fike (plural fikes)

1. Restlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance.
2. (UK dialectal) Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.

派生語

• fikery
• fiky

関連する語

• fickle

語源 3

From 中期英語 fike, from 古期英語 fīc (“fig, fig-tree, fig-disease, venereal ulcer, hemorrhoids”), from Proto-Germanic *fīkaz, *fīgō (“fig”), from Latin fīcus, fīca (“fig, fig-tree”). Cognate with Dutch vijg (“fig”), German Feige (“fig”), Swedish fikon (“fig”), Icelandic fikja (“ficus”). More at fig.

名詞

fike (plural fikes)

1. (obsolete) A fig.
2. (UK dialectal) A sore place on the foot.

アナグラム

• kief, Efik, Kief, kefi, kife