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"etymology_text": "University slang, probably from fine.",
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"word": "finacility"
},
{
"word": "finick"
},
{
"word": "finicking"
}
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{
"ref": "1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:",
"text": "Charming, he said in a finical sweet voice, showing his white teeth and blinking his eyes pleasantly.",
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},
{
"ref": "1996, Jonathan Raban, Bad Land: An American Romance, Pantheon Books, page 52:",
"text": "Jefferson grew up familiar with the instruments and immense, finical labour of map-making from scratch.",
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],
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]
],
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "придирчив"
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"word": "дребнав"
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "anspruchsvoll"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "pedantisch"
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{
"code": "de",
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"word": "pingelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "fein"
},
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"word": "zimperlich"
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"word": "wählerisch"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "affektiert"
},
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"word": "akribisch"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
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"word": "привере́дливый"
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"ipa": "/ˈfɪnɪkəl/"
}
],
"word": "finical"
}
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{
"word": "finacility"
},
{
"word": "finick"
},
{
"word": "finicking"
}
],
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},
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "придирчив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "drebnav",
"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "дребнав"
},
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "anspruchsvoll"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "pedantisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "pingelig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "fein"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "zimperlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "wählerisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "affektiert"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "akribisch"
},
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "cúirialta"
},
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
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},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
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"roman": "priverédlivyj",
"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "привере́дливый"
},
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"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "pedantisk"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "finicky, fastidious, overly precise or delicate",
"word": "prudentlig"
}
],
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}
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