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fussy Adjective [fussier, fussiest] 1. inclined to fuss 2. very particular about detail 3. overelaborate: a fussy, overdecorated palace fussily adv
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fussy adjective 1. particular, difficult, exacting, discriminating, fastidious, dainty, squeamish, choosy (informal) picky (informal) nit-picking (informal) hard to please, finicky, pernickety, faddish, faddy, old-maidish, old womanish, overparticular Translations fussy [ˈfʌsɪ] fuss adj [person] → tatillon(ne) → difficile, chichiteux/euse; [dress, style] → tarabiscoté(e); How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I should never have thought, dear boy of mine, that you were so dainty and fussy about your food. They dwelt in a fussy, scroll-work house, painted white and buried in thick evergreens, with a fussy white fence and barn. But, to show you how fussy he is, he refused to let us stay at the hotel, and insisted that we should go into a FAMILY. |
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