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finicking

finicking adjective: finical.

Adjective

finicking

  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

Noun

finicking (plural finickings)

  1. finicky behaviour; fussing

Forms of finicking

pluralfinickings

Origin of finicking

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

Words formed from finicking

Questions about finicking

What does finicking mean?
Finicking means finical.
What part of speech is finicking?
Finicking can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near finicking in the dictionary

  1. finickiest
  2. finickily
  3. finickin
  4. finickiness
  5. finickinesses
  6. finicking
  7. finickingly
  8. finickingness
  9. finickings
  10. finickity
  11. finicks

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