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▪ I. picky, a.|ˈpɪkɪ|
[f. pick v.1 + -y1.]
Fastidious, finicky, ‘choosey’ (see also quot. 1867). Hence ˈpickiness.
1867W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (Suppl.) 28 Picky, of weak appetite. 1900Dickinson & Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 243/1 T'barn's nut weel, it's too picky by far. 1917in Dialect Notes (1918) V. 12 Not an ugly picky thing in all she has to say. 1932New Yorker 11 June 50/2 People who are picky about their food on shipboard..will be glad to know that the Clyde-Mallory Lines now allow you to buy a ticket for transportation only and order meals à la carte. 1957‘R. Traver’ Anat. Murder (1958) i. xv. 101, I don't want to seem picky, Lieutenant, but I happen to consider your particular doctor professionally on a par with Amos Crocker. 1966New Statesman 29 Apr. 618/2 A hesitant, picky account of Mississippi's economic and electoral..history. 1971D. Bagley Freedom Trap iii. 62 This is a very exclusive mob; very picky and choosy. 1974D. Scannell Mother knew Best iii. 27, I was always ‘gastric’ and Mother would get different meals for me as she thought me a ‘picky’ eater and needed tempting. 1977Sci. Amer. Apr. 145/1 He was meticulous, even picky, about expense accounts. 1977Verbatim May 6/1 And if you are willing to discard mere pickiness, you know what taken for granite and scuenting mean, too.
Add: ˈpickily adv.
1985Observer 8 Dec. 26/8 An American compilation that has the decency to include cricket anecdotes should not be treated pickily.
▪ II. picky
Sc. and north. dial. var. pitchy.
▪ III. picky
var. piccy. |