"finicking" meaning in English

See finicking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + -ical. Finicking is recorded from the mid-17th century. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} finicking
  1. finical
    Sense id: en-finicking-en-adj-EkkFzzmU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41

Noun

Forms: finickings [plural]
Etymology: Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + -ical. Finicking is recorded from the mid-17th century. Head templates: {{en-noun}} finicking (plural finickings)
  1. finicky behaviour; fussing
    Sense id: en-finicking-en-noun-LOpLvO2Q

Inflected forms

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