fess a EDD ~ 2 Bk D for sense 1, 4 'overzealous, officious, meddlesome; fussy' Do So for sense 2.
   1 Bright, lively, alert; intently busy or active.
   Q 71-7 If Aunt Polly was almost too busy [making a mat] to talk, she would be said to be fain fess at that mat. Q 71-8 That maiden, she's some fess.
   2 Odd, peculiar, abnormal or unusual.
   P 75-113 [They are] fess people (for putting out their cod-traps in that manner, for living off welfare, etc).

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