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i. [Prob. a corruption of fidge = fidget (q. v.).] To move quickly or suddenly; to fidget. " Figs to and fro, and falls in cheerful cry." Sylvester: Du Bartas ; The Handy - Crafts , 505. Fig-a-rō, s . [See def.] The name of the hero in two plays by Beau march a is the Barber of Seville and the Marriage of Figaro . In the former he is a barber, in the latter a valet, but in both he outwits every one; hence the term is used for any shrewd, cunning, and witty person.