Part 4283

<h1>Fidejussor</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fi`de*jus"sor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.: cf. F. <ets>fid\'82jusseur</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Civil Law)</fld> <def>A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Fidelity</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fi*del"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fidelitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fid\'82lit\'82</ets>. See <er>Fealty</er>.]</ety> <def>Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations.</def> Especially: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.</def>

<blockquote>Whose courageous <b>fidelity</b> was proof to all danger. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The best security for the <b>fidelity</b> of men is to make interest coincide with duty. <i>A. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>Adherence to the marriage contract</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty</def>.

<blockquote>The principal thing required in a witness is <b>fidelity</b>. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty.</syn>

<h1>Fides</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fi"des</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., faith.]</ety> <fld>(Roman Muth.)</fld> <def>Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.</def>

<h1>Fidge</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fidge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. & i.</tt> <def>See <er>Fidget</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Fidget</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fidg"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fidgeted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fodgeting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Fidge</er>; cf. OE. <ets>fiken</ets> to fidget, to flatter, Icel. <ets>fika</ets> to hasten, Sw. <ets>fika</ets> to hunt after, AS. <ets>befician</ets> to deceive. Cf. <er>Fickle</er>.]</ety> <def>To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts.</def>

<i>Moore.</i>

<h1>Fidget</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fidg"et</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Uneasiness; restlessness.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Fidgetiness</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fidg"et*i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Quality of being fidgety.</def>

<h1>Fidgety</h1> <Xpage=556>

<hw>Fidg"et*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Restless; uneasy.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>