See picky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "puntiglioso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "schizzinoso"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkadaropda",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "까다롭다"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "kriddeleg"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "pipeg"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"english": "picky about food",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "glott"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "about food",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "wahakawa"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "digoteux"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "pirkete"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "overnøyaktig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "pedantisk"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "ضربه زننده"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "exigente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "pretențios"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "mofturos"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "năzuros"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "priverédlivyj",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "привере́дливый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razbórčivyj",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "разбо́рчивый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "puntilloso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "quisquilloso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "pejiguero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "kinkig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "kräsen"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryskíplyvyj",
"sense": "fussy, particular",
"word": "прискі́пливий"
}
],
"word": "picky"
}
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"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
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"Terms with German translations",
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"word": "nitpicky"
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{
"word": "picky eater"
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{
"word": "picky head"
}
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{
"ref": "1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 44:",
"text": "And who knows, I might do a few pickies of you - fully clothed, needless to say.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A picture."
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"links": [
[
"picture",
"picture"
]
],
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"(informal) A picture."
],
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"informal"
]
}
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},
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{
"word": "piccy"
},
{
"word": "pic"
}
],
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}
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