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Fantod

Fantod \Fan"tod\, Fantad \Fan"tad\, n. [Cf. Fantigue.] State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks. [Slang]

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fantod

n. 1 (context chiefly in the plural dated English) A state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability. 2 An irritable outburst.

Usage examples of "fantod".

When the case comes up he gets on his feet and says, 'Your Honour, my client, Miss Pearl Vambrace, wishes me to say that she does not consider herself libelled, and wants it understood that she has nothing to do with bringing this action, and that it's all a pipedream of her father's, who has got into a fantod about nothing very much.

A man who never doubted that spankings were good for children, and once soundly walloped both Caroline and me because we had put Eno's Fruit Salts in the bottom of Granny's chamber-pot, hoping she would have a fantod when it foamed.