Fig definition
A trivial or contemptible amount.
Not worth a fig.
noun
The fruit of such a plant.
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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.
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The sweet, hollow, pear-shaped, multiple fruit of this plant, having many tiny seedlike fruits.
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Any of several plants bearing similar fruit.
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Dress; array.
In full fig.
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Physical condition; shape.
In fine fig.
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Figure.
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The hollow, pear-shaped false fruit (syconium) of the fig tree, with sweet, pulpy flesh containing numerous tiny, seedlike true fruits (achenes)
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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.
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A trifling amount; little bit.
Not worth a fig.
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A gesture of contempt or disdain made as by placing the thumb between the first two fingers or under the upper teeth.
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To dress showily.
verb
Dress; appearance.
noun
Shape; condition.
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Figurative.
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Figuratively.
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Figure(s)
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(obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
verb
(obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
verb
Figurative.
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Figuratively.
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in full fig
- completely dressed or outfitted, esp. in a showy manner
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
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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- Variation of fike.
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