Etymology

finicky

fin·ick·y
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Today it means: Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details. Full definition →

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From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y. Compare finicking, finical, and dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by obsolete Dutch fijnkens (“accurately, neatly, prettily”) (modern Dutch fijntjes). Compare also Sicilian finicchiu.

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