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It was then used to mean 'a sudden state of activity (or inactivity) or state of mind', as in this early example, taken from William Warner's Albion's England, 1586: His seruants fear his solemn fittes.. The phrase 'fits and starts' is somewhat tautological, as both allude to sporadic activity.
As to where Rogers got the word, it could have come from an error on a French-made map from the early 1700s, where the Ouisiconsink (âWisconsin Riverâ) is misspelled âOuaricon-sint,â and broken so âOuariconâ sits on a line by itself or it might have been derived from the Algonquian wauregan or olighin, which both mean âgood and beautifulâ (and were both used in reference to the Ohio River at the time).