pingelig.
finical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious
Meaning & usage
finical; finicky; fussy; picky; nitpick; fastidious
Where this word comes from
From Ripuarian Central Franconian pengelig, pingelig and Low Franconian, in Ripuarian derived from Peng, Ping (“pain”), originally in the sense of German wehleidig (“over-sensitive, whiny”). Formally a doublet of standard peinlich (“hurtful; embarrassing”).
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