- Finicking
- Finicking Fin"ick*ing, Finicky Fin"ick*y, a. Finical; unduly particular; excessively demanding over minor details. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Finicking
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finicking — [fin′ikinfin′ik iŋ] adj. 〚/span> FINICAL〛 FINICKY: also finikin [fin′ikin] * * * … Universalium
finicking — index meticulous, punctilious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
finicking — [fin′ikinfin′ik iŋ] adj. [< FINICAL] FINICKY: also finikin [fin′ikin] … English World dictionary
finicking — adjective finical <! [Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + ical . Finicking is recorded from the mid 17th century] … Wiktionary
finicking — finicky, finicking, finical particular, fussy, fastidious, *nice, dainty, squeamish, persnickety, pernickety Analogous words: exacting, demanding (see DEMAND vb): captious, carping, hypercritical, Critical: meticulous, punctilious, Careful:… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
finicking — adjective Etymology: alteration of finical Date: 1661 finicky … New Collegiate Dictionary
finicking — adj. fastidious, overly meticulous; hard to please, picky … English contemporary dictionary
finicking — adjective another term for finicky. Origin C17: from finical + ing2 … English new terms dictionary
finicking — fin·ick·ing … English syllables
finicking — adj. = FINICKY. Etymology: FINICAL + ING(2) … Useful english dictionary
