fig
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
Noun 4 meanings
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
Verb 3 meanings
To develop, or cause (a soap) to develop, white streaks or granulations.
To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
To dress; to get oneself up a certain way.
Etymology
From Middle English fige, fygge (also fyke, from Old English fīc, see fike), borrowed from Anglo-Norman figue, borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, literally “ripe fig”) (compare Biblical Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ, “early fallen fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܓܐ (paggāʾ), dialectal Arabic فَجّ (fajj), فِجّ (fijj)).
FIG at a glance
FIG has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (F 4 + I 1 + G 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,955 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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