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finicking en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. finical
   • […] he had wasted much time trying to teach her to keep house to suit his finicking taste […] 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter III, in Capricornia, page 29:

Deriveds

finickingly · finickingness

finicking en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. finicky behaviour; fussing

Forms