finickinessn.
/ˈfɪnᵻkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɪnɪkinᵻs/ The quality or condition of being finicky; excessive concern over trifles, over-fastidiousness.
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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
1833 J. Nyren Young Cricketer's Tutor 88 It was thought a piece of finnikinness by those simple and homely yeomen.
1920 Glasgow Herald 23 Dec. 4 Sensitive to the point of finnickiness.
1930 John o' London's Weekly 18 Jan. 618/2 I received a letter..which supplies me with a fine example of this grammatical ‘finickiness’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1833- in the nature of things
- in the neck
- in the neck of
- in the neck of another
- in the negative
- in the neighbourhood of
- in the new
- in the news
- in the next place
- in the nick
- in the nick-time
- in the nicktime
- in the night
- in the night side
- in the nine hole
- in the nine holes
- in the nonce
- in the now
- in the nuddy
- in the nude
- in the number
- in the number of
- in the octaves
- in the offing
- in the old school