Definition of finical in English:
finical
adjective ˈfɪnɪk(ə)lˈfɪnɪkəl
another term for finicky
Example sentencesExamples
- But it is what the elites fancy, as couldn't be clearer than from the squeal of triumph with which the magazine's finical architecture critic announced the organisation's choice.
- I mean, take that scene in ‘King Lear’ where Kent harangues Oswald as being ‘a lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable, finical rogue’.
Derivatives
nounfɪnɪˈkalɪti
adverbˈfɪnɪk(ə)liˈfɪnɪk(ə)li
nounˈfɪnɪk(ə)lnəsˈfɪnɪkəlnəs
Newly opened Yongnian Zhaofeng Restaurant serves refined Hangzhou cuisine to cater to Shanghai people, known for their finicalness with food.
Origin
Late 16th century (probably originally university slang): probably from fine1 + -ical, perhaps suggested by Middle Dutch fijnkens 'accurately, neatly, prettily'.
Rhymes
clinical, cynical, dominical, Jacobinical, pinnacle, rabbinical
Definition of finical in US English:
finical
adjectiveˈfinikəlˈfɪnɪkəl
another term for finicky
Example sentencesExamples
- But it is what the elites fancy, as couldn't be clearer than from the squeal of triumph with which the magazine's finical architecture critic announced the organisation's choice.
- I mean, take that scene in ‘King Lear’ where Kent harangues Oswald as being ‘a lily-livered, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable, finical rogue’.
Origin
Late 16th century (probably originally university slang): probably from fine + -ical, perhaps suggested by Middle Dutch fijnkens ‘accurately, neatly, prettily’.