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[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 + -y¹

Related forms

su·per·fin·ick·y, adjective

Synonyms
exacting, demanding, meticulous; choosy, picky.

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Japanese companies typically introduce marquee products at home where prices are generally higher and consumers more finicky.

Some of its eastern neighbours take a similarly finicky approach.

When the pickings are this good, bears can turn finicky.

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Japanese companies typically introduce marquee products at home where prices are generally higher and consumers more finicky.

Some of its eastern neighbours take a similarly finicky approach.

When the pickings are this good, bears can turn finicky.

But despite their omnipotent potential, embryonic stem cells are a finicky lot.

More finicky collectors and builders work in one-half-inch and one-quarter-inch scales.

Never once did they manage to creep out of my finicky ears.

Mussina understood the finicky role luck plays in wins and losses.

America's top private universities, on the other hand, did not have to deal with finicky legislators.

But people seem to be far more finicky about what they put in their mouths for nutrition.

Hulu in particular has been fairly finicky about allowing access to its services.

He once was a grower of roses and peonies but found them finicky.

It may sound finicky but paying proper attention to what you write is desirable for the reading pleasure of your audience.

Solid state devices are far preferable, no matter how finicky.

It was plagued by finicky carbs and had a habit of killing magnetos.

Especially in a building without a finicky co-op board to examine one's social and financial pedigree.

With so much supply to be absorbed by finicky markets, there is a worry that some bonds may go unsold.

The problem with combat is an all-too finicky camera.

Persimmon also is not particularly finicky as to site.

Finicky controls and stability issues keep me from giving a whole-hearted recommendation.

However, her choreographic neatness has occasionally caused some of her dances to seem finicky or bloodless.

The package is finicky about combining clips that vary even slightly in their video properties.

He has also developed a feel for movement and music that is comfortable with letting both be as finicky or as lush as required.

If you have substance you don't need to be finicky about form.

Finicky miniature cameras and tape recorders have given way to pinhead-sized gadgets, powered remotely.

It was a temperamental machine with finicky carbs and a penchant for killing magnetos, so it never.

The shuttle is a finicky and technologically outdated vehicle that should be replaced with a safer, more reliable spacecraft.

In my experience, this is a good way to encourage a dog's tendency to become finicky with food.

The information will help researchers understand panda traits such as finicky diets.

Few young mortals could perform such a finicky feat.

McCobb figured there would be further problems with such a finicky landlord.

But you can't be too finicky when it comes to this group of dancers and musicians.

The shuttle is a finicky and technologically outdated vehicle that should be replaced with a safer and more reliable spacecraft.

His latest effort is the unashamedly finicky handbook.

It is finicky as to dates and often fanciful as to detail.

Magical or not, candy making can also be tedious and finicky.

In practice, the things were often too heavy and too finicky in the heat to bring on.

But technique must be used here in the service of lightness, charm and almost finicky detail.

IN the past it's been suspect, a possible glimmer of an overly finicky nature and of hedonism gone creepy.

We never really got used to switching between the finicky partial touchscreen and quasi-D-pad.

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World English Dictionary

finicky or finicking (ˈfɪnɪkɪ)

—*adj*
1.	excessively particular, as in tastes or standards; fussy
2.	full of trivial detail; overelaborate

[C19: from finical]

finicking or finicking

—*adj*

[C19: from finical]

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Word Origin & History

finicky

1825, "dainty, mincing," from finical "too particular" (1590s), perhaps from fine (adj.) + -ical as in cynical, ironical. The -k- between the final -c- and a suffix beginning in -i, -y, or -e is an orthographic rule to mark the pronunciation of -c- as "k" (cf. picnicking,

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