A dialectal form or diminutive of 'frab,' meaning to fidget, worry, or fuss with something in a petty, irritating way.
Derived from 'frab' with the diminutive or frequentative suffix '-it,' a pattern common in English dialectal formations. Intensifies the meaning of nervous fidgeting or anxious fussing.
This word shows how English speakers create shades of meaning through suffixes—frabbit suggests not just fidgeting but repeatedly, anxiously fidgeting, the kind of nervous habit that drives other people crazy.
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