A person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes. rare.

†A master critic (obsolete); an extreme or severe critic; a hypercritical or over-critical person.

A person who is excessively critical; a hypercritic.

A finical person.

A person who is fastidious or difficult to please. Obsolete. rare.

A finicking person. Obsolete.

One who gives fussy attention to trifles.

An awkward or fastidious person; a person who fusses over trivial matters.

(See quot. 1881.)

n. = fad, n.2 2.

A person who is only satisfied with the highest standards; a person who demands or seeks to achieve perfection or excellence in some field.

A person who is excessively concerned with maintaining an appearance of propriety or respectability; a prudish or fastidious person. Cf. nelly, n.2 1.