finicking

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adjective

finical

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Meanings

adjective
  1. finical

    […] he had wasted much time trying to teach her to keep house to suit his finicking taste […]

    1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter III, in Capricornia, page 29
nounfinicking (plural finickings)

plural finickings

  1. finicky behaviour; fussing

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fastidiousfinickylily-handednittyparticularpernickety

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

finicking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finicking

MLA

“finicking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finicking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finicking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finicking.

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