Fig definition

fĭg

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A trivial or contemptible amount.

Not worth a fig.

noun

The fruit of such a plant.

noun

Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus, especially F. carica, native to the Mediterranean region and widely cultivated for its edible multiple fruit.

noun

The sweet, hollow, pear-shaped, multiple fruit of this plant, having many tiny seedlike fruits.

noun

Any of several plants bearing similar fruit.

noun

Dress; array.

In full fig.

noun

Physical condition; shape.

In fine fig.

noun

Figure.

abbreviation

The hollow, pear-shaped false fruit (syconium) of the fig tree, with sweet, pulpy flesh containing numerous tiny, seedlike true fruits (achenes)

noun

Any of a genus (Ficus) of fig-bearing trees of the mulberry family, esp. any of the many cultivated varieties of a tree (F. carica) bearing edible figs.

noun

A trifling amount; little bit.

Not worth a fig.

noun

A gesture of contempt or disdain made as by placing the thumb between the first two fingers or under the upper teeth.

noun

To dress showily.

verb

Dress; appearance.

noun

Shape; condition.

noun

Figurative.

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Figuratively.

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Figure(s)

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A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.

noun

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.

noun

A small piece of tobacco.

noun

The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.

noun

(obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.

verb

(obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.

verb

(intransitive) To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

verb

Abbreviation of figure (diagram or illustration).

noun

Figurative.

abbreviation

Figuratively.

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in full fig

completely dressed or outfitted, esp. in a showy manner

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Noun

Singular:

fig

Plural:

FIGS

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

in full fig

Origin of fig

Perhaps from fig to trot out a horse in lively condition, dress up variant of feague to make a horse lively probably from Dutch vegen to brush from Middle Dutch vēghen

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English from Old French figue from Old Provençal figa from Vulgar Latin fīca from Latin fīcus

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English fige, fygge (also fyke, from Old English fīc, see fike), from Anglo-Norman figue, from Old Provençal figa, from Vulgar Latin fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician [script?] (pagh, “ripe fig”) (compare Classical Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ, “early fallen fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܓܐ (paggāʾ), dialectal Arabic - (faġġ), [script?] (fiġġ)).

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Another Semitic root (compare Akkadian [script?] (tīʾu, “fig”)) was borrowed into Ancient Greek as σῦκον (sỹkon) (Boeotian τῦκον (tỹkon)) and Armenian as թուզ (tʿuz); whence English sycophant.

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Variation of fike.

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Origin of fig

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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