dial. Also fanteag(ue, fanteeg, fantique. [Cf. FANTAD.] A state of anxiety or excitement; an instance of this, esp. a fit of ill-humour.
1825. Univ. Songster, ii. 142. Don’t put yourselves in a fantique.
1837. Dickens, Pickw., xxxviii. ‘Inwolving our precious governor in all sorts o’ fanteegs.’
1866. Mrs. H. Wood, Elster’s Folly, I. v. 117. You need not have put yourself in a fantigue, and spoilt your drawing.
1879. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk. ‘The Missis is in a pretty fantaig.’
1882. W. Worcestersh. Gloss., s.v. ‘I never seed sich a arbiterry owd chap: ’e’s allus on with some uv ’is fanteagues.’
