I. ˈfig noun
Etymology: Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin * fica, from Latin ficus fig tree, fig
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : an oblong or pear-shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus Ficus ) of the mulberry family
b. : a tree bearing figs ; especially : a widely cultivated tree ( F. carica ) that produces edible figs
2. : a worthless trifle : the least bit
doesn't care a fig
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II. noun
Etymology: fig, verb, to adorn
Date: 1835
: dress , array
a young woman in dazzling royal full fig — Mollie Panter-Downes
III. abbreviation
figurative; figuratively; figure