FIG


Meaning of FIG in English

~ 1

■ noun

1》 a soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds.

2》 (also ~ tree ) the deciduous tree or shrub which bears ~s. [ Ficus carica .]

↘used in names of related plants, e.g. strangling ~ .

Phrases

not give (or care ) a ~ not care at all.

Origin

ME: from OFr. ~ue , from Provençal ~(u)a , based on L. ficus .

————————

~ 2

■ noun (in phr. full ~ ) informal the complete set of clothes appropriate to an occasion or profession.

Origin

C17 (as v.): var. of obs. feague 'liven up' (earlier 'whip'), perh. related to Ger. fegen 'sweep, thrash'; cf. fake 1 .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.