finicky
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fin·ick·y
(fĭn′ĭ-kē)adj. fin·ick·i·er, fin·ick·i·est
Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious: a finicky eater.
[From finick, a finical person, from finical.]
fin′ick·i·ness n.
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finicky
(ˈfɪnɪkɪ) orfinicking
adj
1. excessively particular, as in tastes or standards; fussy
2. full of trivial detail; overelaborate
[C19: from finical]
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fin•ick•y
or fin•nick•y
(ˈfɪn ɪ ki)also fin•i•king
(ˈfɪn ɪ kɪŋ)adj. -ick•i•er, -ick•i•est.
excessively particular or fastidious.
[1815–25]
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| Adj. | 1. | finicky - exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared" fastidious - giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness; "a fastidious and incisive intellect"; "fastidious about personal cleanliness" |
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finicky
adjective fussy, difficult, particular, hard to please, critical, scrupulous, fastidious, dainty, squeamish, choosy (informal), picky (informal), nit-picking (informal), finicking, overnice, overparticular Even the most finicky eater will find something to eat.
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finicky
adjectiveVery difficult to please:
choosy, dainty, exacting, fastidious, finical, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, persnickety, squeamish.
Informal: picky.
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Translations
مُهْتَم بالتَّفاصيل
pedantský
pertentligpillen
tatassetatillon
vandfÿsinn; smámunasamur
smulkmeniškas
izlepisizvēlīgs
pedantný
kılı kırk yarantitiz
finicky
[ˈfɪnɪkɪ] ADJ1. [person] → melindroso (about con) she's a finicky eater; she is finicky about her food → es muy melindrosa con la comida
2. [job] → complicado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
finicky
[ˈfɪnɪki] adj (= fussy) [person] → tatillon(ne), pointilleux/euseto be a finicky eater → être difficile
Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here → Même le plus difficile trouvera de quoi lui ouvrir l'appétit ici.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
finicky
adj person → schwer zufriedenzustellen, pingelig (inf); (about food, clothes etc) → wählerisch, pingelig (inf); work, job → kniff(e)lig (inf); detail → winzig; he’s a finicky eater → er ist beim Essen sehr wählerisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
finicky
[ˈfɪnɪkɪ] adja. (person) finicky (about) → pignolo/a (su), difficile (per)
b. (job) → minuzioso/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
finicky
(ˈfiniki) adjective too much concerned with detail. She is a very finicky person.
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