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fuss⋅y

  [fuhs-ee]
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–adjective, fuss⋅i⋅er, fuss⋅i⋅est.
1. excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
2. hard to satisfy or please: a fussy eater.
3. (of clothes, decoration, etc.) elaborately made, trimmed, or decorated: All the bric-a-brac gave the room a fussy, cluttered look.
4. full of details, esp. in excess: His writing is so fussy I lose the thread of the story.
Origin:
1825–35; fuss + -y 1

Related forms:
fuss⋅i⋅ly, adverb
fuss⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. particular, choosy, finicky, persnickety.
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fuss·y   (fŭs'ē)   
adj.   fuss·i·er, fuss·i·est
  1. Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper: a fussy baby.
  2. Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious: He was always fussy about clothes.
  3. Calling for or requiring great attention to sometimes trivial details: a fussy actuarial problem.
  4. Full of superfluous details: "It can indeed be fussy, filling with ornament what should be empty space" (H.D.F. Kitto).
fuss'i·ly adv., fuss'i·ness n.
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Fussy

Fuss"y\, a. [Compar. Fussier; superl Fussiest.] Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. --R. G. White.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : fussy
Spanish: quisquilloso, exigente, especial, tiquismiquis,
German: kleinlich,
Japanese: 小うるさい
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