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fantod (FAN-tod) - n., a state of irritability and tension, the fidgets; an emotional outburst, a fit.
Not, alas, a small creature that can be stuffed and placed in a glass jar, as those of us who grew up on Edward Gorey might think. Sometimes had in the plural, the fantods. First appeared in the late 1830s of unknown origin, though clearly somehow related to fantasy, possibly by being combined with fatigue.
---L.
Not, alas, a small creature that can be stuffed and placed in a glass jar, as those of us who grew up on Edward Gorey might think. Sometimes had in the plural, the fantods. First appeared in the late 1830s of unknown origin, though clearly somehow related to fantasy, possibly by being combined with fatigue.
---L.
