finickyadj.
/ˈfɪnᵻki/, U.S. /ˈfɪnᵻki/ Originally dialect and U.S.
= finicking adj.
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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
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Finniky, trifling, scrupulously particular.
1839 E. A. Poe Wks. (1865) II. 388 He was really the most finnicky little personage that had ever been seen in Vondervotteimittiss.
1859 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1857–8 3 473 We desire to be neither coarse or finicky.
1873 E. Eggleston Myst. Metropolisville xxxv. 303 You a'n't so finicky 'bout vittles as you was.
1887 Critic (N.Y.) 9 Apr. A great number of the rules..seem equally what New England matrons call ‘finicky’.
1892 B. Matthews Americanisms & Briticisms 24 Professor Freeman..frequently finicky in his choice of words.
1895 Rev. Reviews Oct. 355/1 The fine or finicky ear of the critic in the study.
1934 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. July 59 A prolix writer, finicky I am told, about literary style.
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