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fussy, a.|ˈfʌsɪ|
[f. fuss n.2 + -y1.]
1. Of persons, their habits and actions: Fond of fuss, moving and acting with fuss; habitually busy about trifles.
1831T. Moore Mem. (1854) VI. 201 Lucky for him that he is so little of an irritable or fussy nature. 1850Fraser's Mag. XLI. 163 She is fussy and fidgetty (if there be such words). 1854Lowell Cambridge 30 Y. Ago Prose Wks. 1890 I. 46 Foreign travel may..make them, if not wiser, at any rate less fussy. 1866M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile iii. 41 The fussy dowager..swooped down upon her nephew. 1877Owen Wellesley's Desp. p. xlv, The fussy charlatanism..of ambitious sciolists. 1892Jessopp Stud. Recluse Pref. (1893) 11 There were no schools then; no fussy visiting of the poor.
transf.1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. ix. (1894) 212 The butterfly..is much too fussy an insect to enjoy himself properly. 1895Daily News 5 July 9/1 The fussy little Conservancy tug.
2. dial. and U.S. Of places: Full of bustle, bustling.
1848A. B. Evans Leicestersh. Words, etc. s.v., The shops will be quite full and fussy. 1853Motley Corr. (1889) I. vi. 161 A populous, busy, fuming, fussy, little world like this.
3. Of dress, etc.: Full of petty details. Also, in dressmaking language, without depreciatory implication; With many flounces, puffs, pleats, etc.
1858Holland Titcomb's Lett. i. 92 Let every garment be well fitted..fussy in no point. 1881Queen 1 Oct. Advt., The skirt..puffed more or less fussy, according to figure. 1895Daily Chron. 15 Jan. 7/3 The latter [medal] had been withheld, the designs being fussy and of doubtful construction. 1896Westm. Gaz. 7 May 3/1 The fussy sunshade is much beflounced with lace-edged chiffon. |