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fike

The English word “fike” has 7 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To feign; dissemble; flatter.
  2. To move about in a quick, uneasy way; be constantly in motion.
  3. To give trouble to; vex; perplex.

noun

  1. Restlessness or agitation caused by trifling annoyance.
  2. Any trifling peculiarity in regard to work which causes unnecessary trouble; teasing exactness of operation.
  3. A fig.
  4. A sore place on the foot.

Etymology

From Middle English fiken (“to feign, dissemble, flatter”), from Old English 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 Old English ġefic (“fraud, deceit, deception”), Old English…

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