Noun (1)
they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success
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His latest book focuses on the dishes that define every corner of our region, from Okracoke Island fig cake to gumbo.—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025 Inside you’ll find fruit jams and pastes from tangy pineapple and strawberry to pumpkin, fig or even custard.—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025 There are commercial orchards of elephant ear fig trees in Thailand and India where the fruit are consumed raw or cooked, or processed into juices and jams.—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025 In addition to being an excellent source of fiber, figs are high in vitamins and minerals, like magnesium, B6, and calcium.—Jillian Kubala, Health, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fig
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Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fica, from Latin ficus fig tree, fig
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