finicking
English edit
Etymology edit
Late 16th century. Earliest occurrence as finical, probably coined from fine + -ical. Finicking is recorded from the mid-17th century.
Adjective edit
finicking
- finical
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter III, in Capricornia[1], page 29:
- […] he had wasted much time trying to teach her to keep house to suit his finicking taste […]
Noun edit
finicking (plural finickings)