picksomeadj.
/ˈpɪks(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɪks(ə)m/ Chiefly English regional.† 1. Somewhat hungry; = peckish adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.Noted in N.E.D. (1906) s.v. as ‘apparently a mistake’.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry
hungryc950
hungering971
hollow1362
eagera1475
empty?1490
ahungrya1500
sharp-set1540
greedlya1546
anhungry1578
starveling1578
belly-pinched1608
mad-hungry1608
jejunea1620
sharp-bent1675
sharp1678
nithered1691
peckish1714
stomach-tight1718
yap1768
yaupish1789
picksome1847
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provincial Words 621/1 Picksome, hungry; peckish. Sussex. [Also in later dictionaries.]
2. Fastidious, particular; dainty; = picky adj.1
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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
1855 W. K. Kelly tr. M. de Navarre Heptameron iv. xxx. 229 He was not picksome but gluttonous... As he intended to have his fill of her every day, he had no mind to amuse himself with nibbling at her.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vi. 159 Trout are picksome and hard to please.
1888 W. Besant Fifty Years Ago viii. 136 We were not quite so picksome in the matter of company as we are now.
1937 L. A. G. Strong Swift Shadow 192 ‘How is Harry?’..‘Picksome..and crotchety.’..‘Did he eat his dinner?’
1957 H. Hall Parish's Dict. Sussex Dial. (new ed.) 94/2 She be that picksome and dentical.
Derivatives
ˈpicksomeness n. rare
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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
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Captain's Room i Cucumber readily adapts itself to all palates save those set on edge with pick~someness.
1931 Times 10 July 17 Their [sc. cultured stocks'] too familiar picksomeness in the matter of soil and site.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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