a. Sc. [f. FIKE sb. + -Y1.] Fidgety, restless. Also, That costs much trouble, minutely elaborate.
1768. A. Ross, Helenore, I. 28.
| Then says auld aunty to her dather Bess, | |
| You’re nae like this wi’ a’ your fiky dress. |
1823. Galt, Ringan Gilhaize, I. xiv. 154. My Lord there is hyte and fykie; there’s a gale in his tail.
1825. Brockett, N.-C. Words, Fikey.
1830. Galt, Lawrie T., II. v. (1849), 55. Sooth to say, I was disturbed and fykie, and could lay my mind to no sort of consideration.
