finicky.
Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
Meaning & usage
Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right.
She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed.
Demanding; requiring above-normal care.
The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather.
Where this word comes from
From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y. Compare finicking, finical, and dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by obsolete Dutch fijnkens (“accurately, neatly, prettily”) (modern Dutch fijntjes). Compare also Sicilian finicchiu.
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