Etymology

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Today it means: Excessively dainty or fastidious. Full definition →

Middle Dutch fijnkens
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  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromfijnkens“exactly; precisely”
  2. English todayfinikin

From Middle Dutch fijnkens (“exactly; precisely”), from fijn (“fine”).

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