Both Uses of
fidget
in
Northanger Abbey
- As soon as they were joined by the Thorpes, Catherine's agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her, hid herself as much as possible from his view, and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him.†
Chpt 10 *fidgeted = made small restless movements
- Without appearing to hear her, he walked to the window, fidgeted about, hummed a tune, and seemed wholly self-occupied.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(fidget) to make small restless movements
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and usually in older literature), fidgets can reference a condition of restlessness irrespective of movements.