Definitions
exacting especially about details
Word origin
From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y. Compare finicking, finical, and dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by obsolete Dutch fijnkens (“accurately, neatly, prettily”) (modern Dutch fijntjes). Compare also Sicilian finicchiu.
Used in a sentence
“My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right.”
“She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed.”
“The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.”
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01“Overly particular”7 letters
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