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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪnɪki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-finicky.wav Forms: finickier [comparative], more finicky [comparative], finickiest [superlative], most finicky [superlative]
Etymology: From fr. finicking, from finical, from fine + -ical. Compare dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by Middle Dutch fijnkens 'accurately, neatly, prettily'. Cfr. also Sicilian finicchiu. Etymology templates: {{cog|scn|finicchiu}} Sicilian finicchiu Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} finicky (comparative finickier or more finicky, superlative finickiest or most finicky)
  1. (informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: fastidious, fussy, fastidious Translations (fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting): primmirat (Catalan), vybíravý (Czech), puntičkářský (Czech), pinailleur [masculine] (French), pointilleux [masculine] (French), repugnante (Galician), kleinlich (German), anspruchsvoll (German), wählerisch (German), pedantisch (German), etepetete (German), zimperlich (German), affektiert (German), pingelig (German), krütsch [regional] (German), überkorrekt (German), übergenau (German), peinlich genau (German), szőrszálhasogató (Hungarian), puntiglioso (Italian), تتیز (titiz) (Ottoman Turkish), привере́дливый (priverédlivyj) (Russian), fastidioso (Spanish), melindroso (Spanish), remilgado (Spanish), puntilloso [masculine] (Spanish), quisquilloso [masculine] (Spanish), tiquismiquis (Spanish), pejiguero (Spanish), esquilimoso [masculine] (Spanish), pedante (Spanish), petig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-finicky-en-adj-BdzklHN2 Disambiguation of Personality: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting': 88 12
  2. (informal) Demanding; requiring above-normal care. Tags: informal Translations (demanding, requiring above-normal care): anspruchsvoll (German), heikel (German), pflegebedürftig (German), капризный (kapriznyj) [informal, masculine] (Russian), pillig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-finicky-en-adj-vdQd1KRM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of 'demanding, requiring above-normal care': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: finickiness, finickity

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "kleinlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "anspruchsvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "wählerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "pedantisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "etepetete"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "zimperlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "affektiert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "pingelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "krütsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "überkorrekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "übergenau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "peinlich genau"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "szőrszálhasogató"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "puntiglioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "titiz",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "تتیز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priverédlivyj",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "привере́дливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "fastidioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "melindroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "remilgado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puntilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quisquilloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "tiquismiquis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "pejiguero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esquilimoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "pedante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting",
      "word": "petig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
      "word": "anspruchsvoll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
      "word": "heikel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
      "word": "pflegebedürftig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kapriznyj",
      "sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "капризный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "demanding, requiring above-normal care",
      "word": "pillig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "finicky"
}

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