Dublin.
_Etymology of Fuss_ (Vol. vii., p. 180.).--
"FUSS, _n. s._, a low, cant word, Dr. Johnson says. It is,
however, a regularly-descended northern word: Sax. >fus<,
prompt, eager; Su. Goth. and Cimbr. _f u s_, the same;
hence the Sax. >fysan<, to hasten, and the Su. Goth. _f
y s a_, the same."--Todd's _Johnson_.
Richardson gives the same etymology, referring to Somner. Webster says,
"allied, perhaps, to Gr. ~physaô~, to blow or puff."