finicking

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

finicking

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

Noun[edit]

finicking (plural finickings)

  1. finicky behaviour; fussing
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