From fidge, possibly from Middle English , from Old English -ettan.

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈfɪd͡ʒ.ɪt/

fidget (fidgets, present participle fidgeting; simple past and past participle fidgeted)

1. (intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC ↗:

     "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidget," he continued, in the pleading tone. "I can't keep e'm still, not I."

2. (transitive) To cause to fidget; to make uneasy.
   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1 ↗, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC ↗; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831 ↗, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.

• French: gigoter, remuer
• German: zappeln, herumzappeln
• Portuguese: estar inquieto
• Russian: ёрзать
• Spanish: revolverse

fidget (plural fidgets)

1. A nervous wriggling or twitching motion.
2. (informal) A person who fidgets, especially habitually.

   Synonyms: fidgeter

3. An object intended to be fidgeted with (such as a tool or toy).

• French: gigoteur
• German: Zappelphilipp
• Russian: егоза́