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finicky

Best crossword clue

"Overly particular"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɪnɪki/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cfiiknyStarts with FEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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