finicking

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9

Definition of finicking

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. finical
    “[…] he had wasted much time trying to teach her to keep house to suit his finicking taste […]”
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adj

  1. finical
    “[…] he had wasted much time trying to teach her to keep house to suit his finicking taste […]”

noun

  1. finicky behaviour; fussing

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Etymology

Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + -ical. Finicking is recorded from the mid-17th century.

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