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fin⋅ick⋅y

  [fin-i-kee]
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–adjective, -ick⋅i⋅er, -ick⋅i⋅est.
excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
Also, finnicky, fin⋅i⋅king  [fin-i-king] .

Origin:
1815–25; finick + -y 1

Synonyms:
exacting, demanding, meticulous; choosy, picky.
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fin·ick·y   (fĭn'ĭ-kē)   
adj.   fin·ick·i·er, fin·ick·i·est
Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious: a finicky eater.

[From finick, a finical person, from finical.]
fin'ick·i·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

finicky 
1825, "dainty, mincing," from finical "too particular" (1592), perhaps from fine (adj.) + -ical as in cynical, ironical.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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