picksome

pick·some
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/ˈpɪksəm/

adjective

Characterised by picking and choosing, or by being picky; selective.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

adjectivepicksome (comparative more picksome, superlative most picksome)

comparative more picksome · superlative most picksome

  1. Characterised by picking and choosing, or by being picky; selective.

    The former is fastidious, and to be thus selective, thus picksome, is surely a virtue.

    1948, Ivor John Carnegie Brown, No idle words
    1 more example

    “[...] And you know our Rachel can become notoriously picksome when she doesn't get her way.”

    2013, Sarita Leone, Masquerade
  2. Valued for picking; choice; select.

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APA

picksome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picksome

MLA

“picksome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picksome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picksome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picksome.

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