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finicky

fi·nicky

UK/ˈfɪnɪki/ US/ˈfɪnʌki/ rare informal

adjective

1.

exacting especially about details

  • “a finicky eater”
  • “fussy about clothes”
  • “very particular about how her food was prepared”
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Origin

From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y. Compare finicking, finical, and dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by obsolete Dutch fijnkens (“accurately, neatly, prettily”) (modern Dutch fijntjes). Compare also Sicilian finicchiu.

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