finicaladj.

Brit.

/ˈfɪnᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈfɪnᵻk(ə)l/

Etymology: Connected with finick v., finicking adj. and n.; as finical is the earliest recorded, it may be the source of the other words; in any case ultimate derivation < fine adj. seems probable.

Of persons, their actions and attributes: Over-nice or particular, affectedly fastidious, excessively punctilious or precise, in speech, dress, manners, methods of work, etc. Also of things: overscrupulously finished; excessively or affectedly fine or delicate in workmanship.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy

minikin1545

mincing1560

miniard1584

finical1592

minic1598

nice-mouthed1618

finitive1640

finicking1661

minical1668

precious1712

précieuse1785

niminy-piminy1786

pershittie1808

miminy-piminy1815

finicky1825

nimpy-pimpy1825

niminy1878

too-tooa1884

piminy1890

précieux1891

piss-elegant1941

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective]

chisa700

estfula1000

esquaymous1303

squeamousc1325

overnicec1350

curiousc1380

dangerousc1386

delicatea1393

preciousc1395

nicec1400

skigc1400

over-delicatea1425

daintethc1430

ticklec1456

quaint1483

dauncha1500

pickinga1500

feat?1529

elegant?1533

queasy1545

fine1546

fine-fingered1549

fastidious?1555

fine-mouthed1559

chary1567

weamish1571

saucy1573

dainty1576

superfine1576

niced1577

overcurious1579

nicing1581

fineish1582

prick-me-dainty1583

daint1590

finical1592

tiptoe-nice1593

nice1594

nicking1598

choice1601

squeamish1608

marchpane1609

hypercritical1611

particular1616

finicking1661

overcritical1667

just so1696

penurious1703

fal-lal1747

ogertful1754

nackety1756

quiddling1789

pernickety1808

pershittie1808

taffety1814

hypercritic1820

faddy1824

finicky1825

meticulous1827

daintified1834

squeamy1838

picksome1855

choosey1862

picky1867

hyperaesthetic1879

persnickety1885

précieux1891

perskeet1897

tasty1905

Nice Nelly1922

perfectionist1942

snicketya1960

perfectionistic1968

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [adjective] > over-elaborate

finical1592

niggling1813

finicking1831

rococo1844

chichi1926

foofy1984

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C4 ^v She is so finicall in her speach.

1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 50 Women gorgeously apparelled, finicall and fine as fippence.

1650 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) i. i. 2 Expressions made up of a bombast of words and finical affected complements.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶12. p. xi More trim and elegant fancies, who are so nice and finical that they would not come near a sore.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 82. §6 Your open Sleeves..made a much better Show than the finnikal Dress I am in.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 67 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Finical [style]..consists of the most curious, affected, mincing Metaphors.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. ii. 9 Lord G. seems a little too finical in his dress.

1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. v. 119 Such a pretty, little, delicate, ladylike, finical gentleman!

1840 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 167 It might be painted with a good deal less finical trifling with the pencil.

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. v. 189 The finical scholarship of the present day.

absolute.1839 T. Hood Compass in Hood's Own xxii. 246/2 Fear quitted the most finical.

Derivatives

† ˈfinical v. Obsolete (transitive) nonce-word to dress or ‘get (oneself) up’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > assume appearance

assume1447

endue?a1475

cloak1535

affect1593

finical1682

1682 A. Behn False Count i. ii. 14 You think your self a very fine Fellow now, and finical your self up to be thought so.

ˈfinically adv. in a finical manner, affectedly, fastidiously.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > with affected delicacy

fine1579

minikinly1580

mincingly1596

miniardly1653

finically1659

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adverb]

over-delicately1357

preciouslyc1430

daintethlyc1440

pickedlya1528

finely1542

nicely1547

fastidiously?1555

daintily1561

curiously1573

sizely?1578

fine1579

overnicely1582

squeamishly1606

finically1659

just so1683

superfinely1693

hypercritically1715

meticulously1900

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Stringáto..finicaly drest up.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. iv. 372 Finically attentive to dress.

1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 655 To cut joints..neither in slices too thick, nor in such as are finically thin.

ˈfinicalness n. (a) the quality of being finical; (b) a finical thing, a refinement.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy

briding1566

mincedness1583

finicality1594

mignardise1603

mincing1623

finicalness1675

daintification1780

gingerliness1842

finicism1844

mincingness1853

preciosity1867

preciousness1884

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]

curiosityc1386

delicacya1393

curiousnessc1440

delicatesse1509

delicateness?1529

daintethness1548

exquisiteness?c1550

over-curiousness1573

featness1577

daintiness1579

dainty1590

finicality1594

niceness1604

squeamishness1654

fastidiousness1661

choicenessa1665

overnicety1664

finicalness1675

hypercriticism1678

overniceness1694

nicety1723

over-delicacy1745

daintihood1780

finickiness1833

finicism1844

over-criticism1859

overfineness1859

particularness1859

faddiness1865

finicking1869

picksomeness1881

pernicketiness1890

perfectionism1937

choosiness1945

pickiness1952

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [noun] > thing

finicalness1675

1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) ii. 261 We had no such finicallnesse as knives or forkes, onely..our hands and teeth.

1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 206 His works have no more merit than finicalness,..can give them.

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 217 [He] would arrest the press to alter a comma; yet with all this fingering finicalness, has not left a single well-constructed paragraph in his whole writings!

finiˈcality n. (a) finical quality; (b) something finical.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy

briding1566

mincedness1583

finicality1594

mignardise1603

mincing1623

finicalness1675

daintification1780

gingerliness1842

finicism1844

mincingness1853

preciosity1867

preciousness1884

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]

curiosityc1386

delicacya1393

curiousnessc1440

delicatesse1509

delicateness?1529

daintethness1548

exquisiteness?c1550

over-curiousness1573

featness1577

daintiness1579

dainty1590

finicality1594

niceness1604

squeamishness1654

fastidiousness1661

choicenessa1665

overnicety1664

finicalness1675

hypercriticism1678

overniceness1694

nicety1723

over-delicacy1745

daintihood1780

finickiness1833

finicism1844

over-criticism1859

overfineness1859

particularness1859

faddiness1865

finicking1869

picksomeness1881

pernicketiness1890

perfectionism1937

choosiness1945

pickiness1952

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v I was ordayned Gods scourge from aboue for theyr daintie finicalitie.

1819 Sporting Mag. 5 60 After sipping with all the finicallity of spinsterian consequence her sixth cup of the enlivening liquid.

1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. 256 He..sometimes exhibited a whimsical finicality.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	finical
释义	finicaladj. Brit. /ˈfɪnᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈfɪnᵻk(ə)l/ Etymology: Connected with finick v., finicking adj. and n.; as finical is the earliest recorded, it may be the source of the other words; in any case ultimate derivation < fine adj. seems probable. Of persons, their actions and attributes: Over-nice or particular, affectedly fastidious, excessively punctilious or precise, in speech, dress, manners, methods of work, etc. Also of things: overscrupulously finished; excessively or affectedly fine or delicate in workmanship. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adjective] > affecting delicacy minikin1545 mincing1560 miniard1584 finical1592 minic1598 nice-mouthed1618 finitive1640 finicking1661 minical1668 precious1712 précieuse1785 niminy-piminy1786 pershittie1808 miminy-piminy1815 finicky1825 nimpy-pimpy1825 niminy1878 too-tooa1884 piminy1890 précieux1891 piss-elegant1941 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] chisa700 estfula1000 esquaymous1303 squeamousc1325 overnicec1350 curiousc1380 dangerousc1386 delicatea1393 preciousc1395 nicec1400 skigc1400 over-delicatea1425 daintethc1430 ticklec1456 quaint1483 dauncha1500 pickinga1500 feat?1529 elegant?1533 queasy1545 fine1546 fine-fingered1549 fastidious?1555 fine-mouthed1559 chary1567 weamish1571 saucy1573 dainty1576 superfine1576 niced1577 overcurious1579 nicing1581 fineish1582 prick-me-dainty1583 daint1590 finical1592 tiptoe-nice1593 nice1594 nicking1598 choice1601 squeamish1608 marchpane1609 hypercritical1611 particular1616 finicking1661 overcritical1667 just so1696 penurious1703 fal-lal1747 ogertful1754 nackety1756 quiddling1789 pernickety1808 pershittie1808 taffety1814 hypercritic1820 faddy1824 finicky1825 meticulous1827 daintified1834 squeamy1838 picksome1855 choosey1862 picky1867 hyperaesthetic1879 persnickety1885 précieux1891 perskeet1897 tasty1905 Nice Nelly1922 perfectionist1942 snicketya1960 perfectionistic1968 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [adjective] > over-elaborate finical1592 niggling1813 finicking1831 rococo1844 chichi1926 foofy1984 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C4 ^v She is so finicall in her speach. 1607 R. C. tr. H. Estienne World of Wonders 50 Women gorgeously apparelled, finicall and fine as fippence. 1650 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) i. i. 2 Expressions made up of a bombast of words and finical affected complements. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶12. p. xi More trim and elegant fancies, who are so nice and finical that they would not come near a sore. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 82. §6 Your open Sleeves..made a much better Show than the finnikal Dress I am in. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 67 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Finical [style]..consists of the most curious, affected, mincing Metaphors. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. ii. 9 Lord G. seems a little too finical in his dress. 1820 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. v. 119 Such a pretty, little, delicate, ladylike, finical gentleman! 1840 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 167 It might be painted with a good deal less finical trifling with the pencil. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. v. 189 The finical scholarship of the present day. absolute.1839 T. Hood Compass in Hood's Own xxii. 246/2 Fear quitted the most finical. Derivatives † ˈfinical v. Obsolete (transitive) nonce-word to dress or ‘get (oneself) up’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > present speciously [verb (transitive)] > assume appearance assume1447 endue?a1475 cloak1535 affect1593 finical1682 1682 A. Behn False Count i. ii. 14 You think your self a very fine Fellow now, and finical your self up to be thought so. ˈfinically adv. in a finical manner, affectedly, fastidiously. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > with affected delicacy fine1579 minikinly1580 mincingly1596 miniardly1653 finically1659 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adverb] over-delicately1357 preciouslyc1430 daintethlyc1440 pickedlya1528 finely1542 nicely1547 fastidiously?1555 daintily1561 curiously1573 sizely?1578 fine1579 overnicely1582 squeamishly1606 finically1659 just so1683 superfinely1693 hypercritically1715 meticulously1900 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Stringáto..finicaly drest up. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) I. iv. 372 Finically attentive to dress. 1826 Blackwood's Mag. 19 655 To cut joints..neither in slices too thick, nor in such as are finically thin. ˈfinicalness n. (a) the quality of being finical; (b) a finical thing, a refinement. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy briding1566 mincedness1583 finicality1594 mignardise1603 mincing1623 finicalness1675 daintification1780 gingerliness1842 finicism1844 mincingness1853 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] curiosityc1386 delicacya1393 curiousnessc1440 delicatesse1509 delicateness?1529 daintethness1548 exquisiteness?c1550 over-curiousness1573 featness1577 daintiness1579 dainty1590 finicality1594 niceness1604 squeamishness1654 fastidiousness1661 choicenessa1665 overnicety1664 finicalness1675 hypercriticism1678 overniceness1694 nicety1723 over-delicacy1745 daintihood1780 finickiness1833 finicism1844 over-criticism1859 overfineness1859 particularness1859 faddiness1865 finicking1869 picksomeness1881 pernicketiness1890 perfectionism1937 choosiness1945 pickiness1952 the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [noun] > thing finicalness1675 1675 J. Covel Diary in J. T. Bent Early Voy. Levant (1893) ii. 261 We had no such finicallnesse as knives or forkes, onely..our hands and teeth. 1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 206 His works have no more merit than finicalness,..can give them. 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 217 [He] would arrest the press to alter a comma; yet with all this fingering finicalness, has not left a single well-constructed paragraph in his whole writings! finiˈcality n. (a) finical quality; (b) something finical. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy briding1566 mincedness1583 finicality1594 mignardise1603 mincing1623 finicalness1675 daintification1780 gingerliness1842 finicism1844 mincingness1853 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun] curiosityc1386 delicacya1393 curiousnessc1440 delicatesse1509 delicateness?1529 daintethness1548 exquisiteness?c1550 over-curiousness1573 featness1577 daintiness1579 dainty1590 finicality1594 niceness1604 squeamishness1654 fastidiousness1661 choicenessa1665 overnicety1664 finicalness1675 hypercriticism1678 overniceness1694 nicety1723 over-delicacy1745 daintihood1780 finickiness1833 finicism1844 over-criticism1859 overfineness1859 particularness1859 faddiness1865 finicking1869 picksomeness1881 pernicketiness1890 perfectionism1937 choosiness1945 pickiness1952 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. C4^v I was ordayned Gods scourge from aboue for theyr daintie finicalitie. 1819 Sporting Mag. 5 60 After sipping with all the finicallity of spinsterian consequence her sixth cup of the enlivening liquid. 1884 J. Payn Some Lit. Recoll. 256 He..sometimes exhibited a whimsical finicality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1592
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