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Finicking

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    finical

    "[…] he had wasted much time trying to teach her to keep house to suit his finicking taste […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    finicky behaviour; fussing

Etymology

Etymology 1

Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + -ical. Finicking is recorded from the mid-17th century.

Etymology 2

Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + -ical. Finicking is recorded from the mid-17th century.

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