fantigue means A state of worry or excitement. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
Why “fantigue” is a great word
FANTIGUE — [Noun] A state of fretful excitement, internal anxiety, or irritable ill-humor. Its etymology is uncertain, possibly a blend of ‘fantastic’ and ‘fatigue,’ or influenced by ‘frantic’; first attested in 1825. Unlike "agitation," which suggests a visible, restless disturbance, or "lassitude," which denotes a weariness devoid of energy, fantigue is a hum of tense, peevish vitality held tightly within. It is the prickling heat behind the eyes during a sleepless night, the silent, clenched-jaw pacing before overdue news, the brittle snap at a harmless question—a peculiar fatigue of the spirit, overwrought by its own frantic weather.
Etymology
Unclear; possibly from or influenced by frantic or fanatic. Related to fantod.
noun
- A state of worry or excitement.“"What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"”