Also fantod(d. [? An unmeaning formation suggested by FANTASTIC, FANTASY, etc.: cf. fantigue.] A crotchety way of acting; a fad.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk. Fantods, a name given to the fidgets of officers.
1880. Mrs. Parr, Adam & Eve, III. vii. 148. I’d do the trick, if I was she, ’fore I’d put up with such fantads from you, or either man like ’ee—so there!
1881. Leicestersh. Gloss., Fantodds, ‘megrims,’ ‘mulligrubs,’ a stomach-ache; a fit of the sulks or other slight indisposition, mental or bodily.
1886. Barnes, Dorset Dial., 63. Fantod, a fuss, fidget. ‘She’s always in a fantod about Meary.’
Hence Fantod a., Fidgetty, restless.
1887. in Kent Gloss.
1883. W. C. Russell, Sailor’s Lang., Fantod.—A fiddling officer who is always bothering over small things.
