finical
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
University slang, probably from fine.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
finical (comparative more finical, superlative most finical)
- Finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.
- 1996, Jonathan Raban, Bad Land: An American Romance, Pantheon Books, page 52:
- Jefferson grew up familiar with the instruments and immense, finical labour of map-making from scratch.
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Translations[edit]
finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate
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