Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.

    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.

    kleinlich, anspruchsvoll, wählerisch

    привере́дливыйpriverédlivyj

    exacting especially about details

  2. (informal)Demanding; requiring above-normal care.

    The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.

    anspruchsvoll, heikel, pflegebedürftig

    капризныйkapriznyj

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom is finicky.

    Том вибагливий.

    deTom ist pingelig.

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  2. I know that Tom is finicky.

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  3. I think that Tom is finicky.

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  4. I think both Tom and Mary are finicky.

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  5. I think Tom and Mary are both finicky.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting:
demanding, requiring above-normal care:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting:
demanding, requiring above-normal care:

Origin

From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y

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.

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Forms

finickier/more finicky, finickiest/most finicky
Comparativefinickier / more finicky Lesson
Superlativefinickiest / most finicky Lesson

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Synonyms

26 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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