pickyadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɪki/, U.S.

/ˈpɪki/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pick v.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < pick v.¹ + -y suffix¹.

colloquial.

Originally (English regional): having a dainty or (occasionally) small appetite. In later use more generally: fastidious, finicky, particular; choosy.

ΘΚΠ

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 world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > absence of appetite > [adjective]

stomachless1626

appetiteless1852

picky1867

1867 W. Dickinson Suppl. Words & Phrases Cumberland 28 Picky, of weak appetite.

1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 243/1 T'barn's nut weel, it's too picky by far.

1917 in Dial. Notes (1918) 5 12 Not an ugly picky thing in all she has to say.

1932 New 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.

2004 Record (Ont.) (Nexis) 14 Sept. c1 I feel compelled to feed Jack, my skinny, picky eater.

Derivatives

ˈpickily adv.

ΚΠ

1985 Observer 8 Dec. 26/8 An American compilation that has the decency to include cricket anecdotes should not be treated pickily.

ˈpickiness n.

ΘΚΠ

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

1952 A. F. C. Wallace Modal Personality Structure Tuscarora Indians 73 The conflict is not severe enough to require a really neurotic adjustment, however, nor does it lead to a generalized querulous ‘pickiness’.

2004 Prague Tribune (Nexis) 13 Sept. The response to this pickiness, essentially buyer power, is introducing a higher level of quality to the market.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pickyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈpɪki/, U.S.

/ˈpɪki/, Caribbean English

/ˈpɪki/

Forms: 1900s– pickey, 1900s– picki, 1900s– pickie, 1900s– picky.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps compare pick n.¹ 3e, although this is apparently first attested later.

Caribbean. Somewhat depreciative.

Of a black person's hair: sparse and tightly coiled in little balls, so that much scalp is visible; (frequently also) untidy, straggly. (Frequently reduplicated.) picky head n. (also picky-picky head) a person, esp. a woman, with hair of this type; (also) the hair itself.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > in a specific style

Frenched1762

stivereda1855

roached1856

wisped1922

marcel-waved1923

windswept1931

picky1935

Jesus1938

upswept1938

swept-up1948

bouffant1955

headphone1965

scraped-back1970

1935 ‘W. Houdini’ Way down Sobo (transcribed from song) Sobo women got picky head.

1955 F. A. Collymore Notes for Gloss. Barbadian Dial. (ed. 2) 65 Picky-head, applied to negress who wears her hair short.

1960 S. J. Reid in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 349/2 /Piki-piki hed/, when a girl's hair is very short, grows close to the scalp in little balls of fluff, very negroid.

1971 T. O. McCartney Neuroses in Sun 68 ‘Nappy’, ‘pickey’, or ‘peasie’ hair.

1986 O. Senior Summer Lightning & Other Stories 59 She have to wear wig because her real hair so picky-picky.

2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xi. 275 You came in with a picky head, uneven and coarse, disguised underneath a baseball cap.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	picky
释义	pickyadj.¹ Brit. /ˈpɪki/, U.S. /ˈpɪki/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pick v.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < pick v.¹ + -y suffix¹. colloquial. Originally (English regional): having a dainty or (occasionally) small appetite. In later use more generally: fastidious, finicky, particular; choosy. ΘΚΠ 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 world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > absence of appetite > [adjective] stomachless1626 appetiteless1852 picky1867 1867 W. Dickinson Suppl. Words & Phrases Cumberland 28 Picky, of weak appetite. 1900 W. Dickinson & E. W. Prevost Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (rev. ed.) 243/1 T'barn's nut weel, it's too picky by far. 1917 in Dial. Notes (1918) 5 12 Not an ugly picky thing in all she has to say. 1932 New 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. 2004 Record (Ont.) (Nexis) 14 Sept. c1 I feel compelled to feed Jack, my skinny, picky eater. Derivatives ˈpickily adv. ΚΠ 1985 Observer 8 Dec. 26/8 An American compilation that has the decency to include cricket anecdotes should not be treated pickily. ˈpickiness n. ΘΚΠ 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 1952 A. F. C. Wallace Modal Personality Structure Tuscarora Indians 73 The conflict is not severe enough to require a really neurotic adjustment, however, nor does it lead to a generalized querulous ‘pickiness’. 2004 Prague Tribune (Nexis) 13 Sept. The response to this pickiness, essentially buyer power, is introducing a higher level of quality to the market. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pickyadj.² Brit. /ˈpɪki/, U.S. /ˈpɪki/, Caribbean English /ˈpɪki/ Forms: 1900s– pickey, 1900s– picki, 1900s– pickie, 1900s– picky. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps compare pick n.¹ 3e, although this is apparently first attested later. Caribbean. Somewhat depreciative. Of a black person's hair: sparse and tightly coiled in little balls, so that much scalp is visible; (frequently also) untidy, straggly. (Frequently reduplicated.) picky head n. (also picky-picky head) a person, esp. a woman, with hair of this type; (also) the hair itself. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [adjective] > in a specific style Frenched1762 stivereda1855 roached1856 wisped1922 marcel-waved1923 windswept1931 picky1935 Jesus1938 upswept1938 swept-up1948 bouffant1955 headphone1965 scraped-back1970 1935 ‘W. Houdini’ Way down Sobo (transcribed from song) Sobo women got picky head. 1955 F. A. Collymore Notes for Gloss. Barbadian Dial. (ed. 2) 65 Picky-head, applied to negress who wears her hair short. 1960 S. J. Reid in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 349/2 /Piki-piki hed/, when a girl's hair is very short, grows close to the scalp in little balls of fluff, very negroid. 1971 T. O. McCartney Neuroses in Sun 68 ‘Nappy’, ‘pickey’, or ‘peasie’ hair. 1986 O. Senior Summer Lightning & Other Stories 59 She have to wear wig because her real hair so picky-picky. 2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xi. 275 You came in with a picky head, uneven and coarse, disguised underneath a baseball cap. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1867adj.²1935
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