antsy

Etymology

From ants + -y, as in ants in one's pants. First noted as a rural Southern USA figure of speech in the early 20th century.

adj

  1. (slang) restless, apprehensive and fidgety
    The children were antsy and worried […] 1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest

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